Barrera Family History
Barrera Name Meaning
Spanish and Catalan: topographic name for someone who lived
near a gate or fence, from Spanish and Catalan barrera
‘barrier’.topographic name for someone who lived by a clay pit,
Spanish barrera, barrero (a derivative of barro
‘mud’, ‘clay’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Barrera Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Barrera families
 125 - 248  42 - 124 |
 1 - 41  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Barrera Family Origin
Barrera Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Barrera
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Barrera Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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