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Contreras Family History

Contreras Name Meaning
Spanish: habitational name from Conteraras, a place in the province of Burgos. The place name is derived from Late Latin contraria ‘surrounding area’, ‘region’ (from the preposition contra ‘opposite’, ‘against’, ‘hard by’).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

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877,682 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
5,881 Military Records
23,004 Immigration Records
63,614 Census and Voter Lists
41,834 Member Trees

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Name Distribution of Contreras Families

  • Number of Contreras families
     107 - 212
     36 - 106
     1 - 35
     
    from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
  • Number of Contreras families
     3 - 4
     2 - 2
     1
     
    from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
  • Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Contreras last name
    from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

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Contreras Family Origin

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Contreras Immigration Information

from the New York Passenger Lists

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Average Life Expectancy for Contreras

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Contreras Family Occupations

from 1880 Federal Census Data

Contreras census records

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Contreras Civil War Service Records

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