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lura Name Meaning and History

Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in Rogaland named Lura, from Old Norse Lúðrar, from the plural of lúðr ‘trough’, referring to a bay or inlet.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The lura name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the lura family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of lura Families in the US in 1920
Number of lura families
 8-14
 3-7		 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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My Lura Ancestors the Lura name and the town of Lura Todd W Miller 14
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