The freitas Surname
freitas Name Meaning and History
Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of the numerous
places named Freitas, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a
patch of stony ground, from Portuguese (pedras) freitas ‘broken
stones’, Late Latin (petrae) fractae. Compare Fragoso.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Freitas' in Hawaii |
 simple_minded_insanity_of_one
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| Antonio Gomes de Ornelas and Maria de Freitas de Ornelas |
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| Goan Freitas | Clifford J Pereira | 12 |
| Freitas in Hawaii |
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| Freitas | Marian Freitas Bissonette | 18 |
| Looking for Great Great Grand Parents |
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| Dollie Freitas |
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| Help! ISO Freitas in Mass & RI Area 1886- |
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| Freitas or DeFreitas in Trinidad | HuBison | 8 |
| Rufino and Maria Freitas from Funchal |
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