Madera Family History
Madera Name Meaning
Spanish and Asturian-Leonese: from madera ‘wood’,
‘timber’ (from Late Latin materia), probably applied as a
topographic name or a habitational name from a place named with this
word, as for example La Madera in Asturies.Czech
(Madera): ethnic name from an old word for a Hungarian (see
Magyar).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Madera Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Madera families
 15 - 27  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Madera families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Madera last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Madera Family Origin
Madera Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Madera
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Madera Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Madera census records
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Madera Civil War Service Records
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