The BARRERA Surname
BARRERA Name Meaning and History
- Spanish and Catalan: topographic name for someone who lived near a gate or fence, from Spanish and Catalan barrera ‘barrier’.
- topographic name for someone who lived by a clay pit, Spanish barrera, barrero (a derivative of barro ‘mud’, ‘clay’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 60 - Messages: 148
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Children of Antonio Barrera Barrera & Genoveva Vela? | patricia | 7 |
| Antonio Barrera and Margarita Chapa | J | 1 |
| Fernando Barrera AKA Fernando Sarabia | Celina | 2 |
| Pedro Barrera & Maria Barrera of Mier | Rberto Barrera | 3 |
| Ma. Gertrudis Barrera |
 MaryCole89
| 0 |
| Barrera, F. Antonio |
margaretbarrera76
| 0 |
| Juana & Petra Barrera from San Antonio area |
dswift55
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| San Antonio Barreras | Felipe Gavino Barrera | 6 |
| Sgt. Michael Paul Barrera, 26, of Von Ormy, Texas, October 2003 |
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| Martin & Natalia Barrera - my fathers grandparents | Anna Gonzalez | 0 |
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