Thread: Use of 'de' and 'de la' as Prefixes of Surnames
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Old August 15, 2012, 08:27 AM
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To me it means:

de Paz = belongs to the Paz's family etc.

de la Paz = comes from a place named Paz.

I might be wrong.

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