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The madera Surname

madera Name Meaning and History

  1. Spanish and Asturian-Leonese: from madera ‘wood’, ‘timber’ (from Late Latin materia), probably applied as a topographic name or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example La Madera in Asturies.
  2. Czech (Madera): ethnic name from an old word for a Hungarian (see Magyar).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of madera Families in the US in 1920
Number of madera families
 15-27
 6-14		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 19 - Messages: 59
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Frank Madera, BIO ccountr1 0
Augustus Madera Beverly McFarland 1
Madeira/Madera's of Pa 1700/1800 John Hafer ? Patricia Webb 2
Joel Madera m Lucy Warren 1774 Surry Co., VA FuzzyFleischer 0
Madera, Miles (Milos), youngest of Anna & Frank, Bratislava Christine Madera 0
Medara/Madera etc Potts98521 0
Madera from Bohemia to USA Tonicek 0
SURNAME: RETAMAR Betsy Colon 8
obit: Manuel Madera 1934-2005 VctrStV4U 0
Nancy Maderia/Madera mcmyers23 0
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