Pestana Family History
Pestana Name Meaning
Portuguese and Spanish (Pestaña): from Portuguese
pestana, Spanish pestaña ‘eyelash’, also in the
Middle Ages ‘eyebrow’, hence a nickname for someone who had long
eyelashes or bushy eyebrows.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Pestana
Name Distribution of Pestana Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pestana families
 8 - 14  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pestana families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Pestana Family Origin
Pestana Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Pestana
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Pestana Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Pestana Civil War Service Records
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