Peralta Family History
Peralta Name Meaning
Aragonese, Catalan, and Spanish: habitational name from any of the
places in Aragon, Catalonia, and Navarre called Peralta, from Latin
petra alta ‘high rock’. This name is also established in Italy.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Peralta
Name Distribution of Peralta Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Peralta families
 34 - 65  12 - 33 |
 1 - 11  |
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
Peralta census records
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Peralta Family Origin
Peralta Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Peralta
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Peralta Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Peralta census records
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Peralta Civil War Service Records
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