Miranda Family History
Miranda Name Meaning
Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from
any of numerous places in Spain and Portugal called Miranda. The
derivation of the place name is uncertain; it may be of pre-Roman
origin, or from Latin miranda ‘view’, ‘outlook’. AB, DK This
name is also found in western India, where it was taken by Portuguese
colonists.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Miranda Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Miranda families
 150 - 298  51 - 149 |
 1 - 50  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Miranda families
|
10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Miranda last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Miranda Family Origin
Miranda Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Miranda
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Miranda Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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