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Cerro Name Meaning
Spanish: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill
or ridge, Spanish cerro, from Latin cirrus ‘bristle’,
‘hair’, ‘hackles’, or possibly a nickname for someone with a ridge of
spiky hair like an animal’s hackles. Alternatively, it may be a
habitational name from a place named with this word (in the sense
‘ridge’), as for example El Cerro in Salamanca province.Italian: topographic name from cerro ‘turkey oak’, ‘cerris’
(Quercus cerris).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cerro
Name Distribution of Cerro Families
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United States
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Scotland
Number of Cerro families
 6 - 10  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
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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Cerro Family Origin
Cerro Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Cerro
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Cerro Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Military Service by Cerro
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| DENNIS CERRO/Santander,Spain 18?? |  | WandaHolmes93 | 9 |
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