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From a place surname · Spanish

Treviño

"three boundaries"

Say it

treh-VEE-nyoh

Where it comes from

Latin trifinium (meeting point of three territories), a town in Burgos

Meaning of the surname Treviño

Treviño is a Spanish surname of the from a place type meaning "three boundaries". It is a regional surname. Very common in Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.

Taken from a town, region, or landscape feature in Spain, or later in Mexico: Castillo (castle), Rivera (riverbank), Navarro (from Navarre), Ibarra (Basque valley).

In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Treviño appears as either half of a pair: Treviño García, López Treviño. Read how the two-surname system works.

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