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* According to the National Statistics Institute of Spain the Sanlúcar toponym does not exist.

However, there is historical mention of Brother Alfonso Sanlúcar de Barrameda, a Franciscan who was bishop of the Canaries-Rubicon in the period 1404 – 1417, and Fray Juan de Sanlúcar, a Franciscan who served in the same office from 1470 – 1474.

As for the name Barrameda, it is unique to people born in the Canary Islands, according to census data from 1 January 2006.

The historical relations between the House of Medina Sidonia, Sanlúcar and the Canaries may explain the presence of these surnames in the Canaries.

Barrameda was derived from bar-am-ma ' ida, an Arabic phrase for " water well of the plateau ".