Cara Family History
Cara Name Meaning
Southern Italian: from the feminine form of caro ‘dear’
(see Caro).Spanish and Portuguese: from cara
‘face’, presumably applied as a nickname for someone with a beautiful
or otherwise distinctive face.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cara
Name Distribution of Cara Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cara families
 14 - 25  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cara families
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22 - 41 8 - 21 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Cara last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cara census records
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Cara Family Origin
Cara Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Cara
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Cara Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cara census records
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Cara Civil War Service Records
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| Cara Family - Cornwall (UK)- Italy - Melbourne (AUS) |  | 6 | |
| Catherine Cara? | | JaimeeW4 | 0 |
| Cara/Hanna/Ireland-PA-IL | | 3 | |
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