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Terraza Name Meaning

Spanish: topographic name from terraza ‘terrace’ denoting someone who lived in a place where a terrace is. Spanish and Catalan: Castilianized form of Catalan Terrassa a habitational name from Terrassa in Barcelona province Catalonia (Spain) with the same meaning as 1 above.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Terrazas, Terrana, Ferraz, Terra, Ferrara, Terada, Pedraza, Serrata

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Between 1974 and 2003, in the United States, Terraza life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1977, and highest in 1974. The average life expectancy for Terraza in 1974 was 65, and 51 in 2003.

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