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zera Name Meaning and History

  1. Polish (Zera): variant of ?zyra ‘food’, from an old Polish compound name such as ?Zyroslaw (from ?zyr ‘food’ + slawa ‘glory’) or Doma?zyr (from doma ‘home’ + ?zyr ‘food’).
  2. Ethiopian: unexplained.

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Distribution of zera Families in the US in 1920
Number of zera families
 8-14
 3-7
 1-2
 0
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