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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| BARRERA Irene Jeanette and Erica Michelle |
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| Barrera & Elizondo Families in Duval County Texas |
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| Mercedes Barrera; Philippines | Raymond Barrera | 1 |
| San Antonio Barreras | Felipe Gavino Barrera | 7 |
| BARRERA Francisca O 1895-1989 |
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| Children of Antonio Barrera Barrera & Genoveva Vela? | patricia | 8 |
| 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 |
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