The sequeira Surname
sequeira Name Meaning and History
Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of the numerous
places in Portugal named Sequeira, or (in Galicia) a topographic name
from sequeira ‘arid land’, from Late Latin siccaria, a
derivative of siccus ‘dry’. This name is also found
in western India, where it was taken by Portuguese colonists.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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