Vieira Family History
Vieira Name Meaning
religious byname from Portuguese
vieria ‘scallop’ (Late Latin veneria, a derivative of
the name of Venus; the goddess was often depicted riding on a
scallop). The scallop was a symbol of the pilgrim who had been to the
shrine of Santiago de Compostela.habitational name from any of
numerous minor places called Vieiria.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Vieira Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Vieira families
 32 - 61  11 - 31 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Vieira families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Vieira census records
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Vieira Family Origin
Vieira Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Vieira
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Vieira Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Vieira census records
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Vieira Civil War Service Records
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