Ferrera Family History
Ferrera Name Meaning
Italian (northwest and Liguria): variant of Ferrara.Italian: habitational name from various places named with this
word: Ferrera Cenisio (now Moncenisio) in Piemonte; and Ferrera di Varese
and Ferrera Erbognone, both in Lombardy.Spanish and
Catalan: topographic name for someone who lived near a forge or
ironworks, from Latin ferraria.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Ferrera Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ferrera families
 21 - 40  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Ferrera families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Ferrera last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Ferrera Family Origin
Ferrera Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Ferrera
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Ferrera Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Ferrera Civil War Service Records
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