Padilla Family History
Padilla Name Meaning
Spanish: habitational name from any of the various minor places,
for example in the provinces of Burgos, Guadalajara, and Valladolid,
named from Spanish padilla ‘frying pan’, ‘breadpan’ (Latin
patella, a diminutive of patina ‘shallow dish’), a word
which was commonly used in the topographical sense of a gentle
depression.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Padilla Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Padilla families
 226 - 449  76 - 225 |
 1 - 75  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Padilla Family Origin
Padilla Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Padilla
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Padilla Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Padilla Civil War Service Records
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