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Some Mexicans have Nahuatl surnames (e.g., Poctzin, Xico(h)téncatl, etc.). Are these survivals from pre-colonial times, later national-romantic/indigenist adoptions, or something else entirely?

by /u/JJVMT in /r/AskHistorians

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