The cordeiro Surname

cordeiro Name Meaning and History

Portuguese and Galician: from cordeiro ‘young lamb’ (Latin cordarius, a derivative of cordus ‘young’, ‘new’), hence a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd, or a nickname meaning ‘lamb’.

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cordeiro Family Facts

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Distribution of cordeiro Families in the US in 1920

Number of cordeiro families

17-32

6-16

1-5

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NEED HELP finding Cordeiro in portugal	dawn_cordeiro	0
Corderio's From the Azores	badejo7	2
if you are a Cordeiro read this!	Maria Clara Alves Bertoli	26
Leonidia CORDEIRO/Sir Alexander GOLLAN -- Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Owayo	3
Cordeiro & lamb families from Luz, Graciosa, Azores	amandamariekennedy	1
family roots and cordeiro name what it means and were it came from	ernie cordeiro	26
Rosemarie Toni Cordeiro	CCordiero	1
new address for Carol Cordeiro	Caroltadlock1227	0
Obit. Henrique Bettencourt Cordeiro	KAYROM	0
Cordeiro family	Pats69mustang	11

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