The carrera Surname
carrera Name Meaning and History
- Spanish: topographic name for someone living by a main road, carrera ‘thoroughfare’, originally a road passable by vehicles as well as pedestrians (Late Latin carraria (via), a derivative of carrum ‘cart’), or a habitational name from any of various places named with this word.
- Southern Italian: habitational name from a place named Carrera, cognate with 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Gavino Carrera - New Mexico's Carreras |
 chevychik2004
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| Carrera (Mexico Spain) | Rosa Maria Buendia Carrera | 26 |
| Carrera, 1800's, Durango, Mexico |
isaudade
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| carrera family | kimberly | 5 |
| Julián Carrera |
juancarrera1
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| CARRERA Roberto H 1928-1993 |
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| Carrera/Carreiro & Amaral of Azores, Hawaii & California |
KathyGregory1945
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| CARRERA IN DURANGO MEXICO | DONNA BOYER/HALE/JUAREZ | 2 |
| Julián Carrera/ correction |
juancarrera1
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| Death of Mrs. Carmen Carrera de Hine in Cuba |
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