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Lura Name Meaning
Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in Rogaland named
Lura, from Old Norse Lúðrar, from the plural of
lúðr ‘trough’, referring to a bay or inlet.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Lura Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lura families
 8 - 14  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lura families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lura census records
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Lura Family Origin
Lura Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Lura
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Lura Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Lura census records
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Lura Civil War Service Records
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| My Lura Ancestors the Lura name and the town of Lura |  | 16 | |
| Racin Lura | | beritliljastaib2 | 1 |
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