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terra Name Meaning and History

Catalan and Portuguese: habitational name from any of the places called Terra either in Portugal or Catalonia, or topographic name from terra ‘earth’, ‘homeland’ (Latin terra); among immigrants from Madeira, possibly a translation of Dutch Aard.

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

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

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Distribution of terra Families in the US in 1920
Number of terra families
 22-41
 8-21		 1-7
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Terra, Lee, Leal Connection Sacramento Area VIVIANHOLLAND1 0
MildredTerra nancyespil 0
Mildred Terra Nancy Espil 0
Terra peganlady 1
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will share info. Frances 0
TERRA Sandi Holland 24
Terra - Terry Cheryl 0
Francisco Terra research Frances Terra Allee 0
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