Herrera Family History
Herrera Name Meaning
Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from villages
so called in the provinces of Seville and Badajoz, from a word meaning
‘iron smithy’, ‘blacksmith’s forge’ (a derivative of hierro
‘iron’, Latin ferrum).French: habitational name
from the Gascon form of Ferrière, a place in
Pyrénées-Atlantique. The place name is derived from Latina
ferraria ‘iron-mine’, ‘iron-forge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Herrera Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Herrera families
 188 - 373  63 - 187 |
 1 - 62  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Herrera families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Herrera Family Origin
Herrera Immigration Information
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Herrera Family Occupations
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