Zera Family History

Zera Name Meaning

Polish (Zera): variant of ?zyra ‘food’, from an old Polish compound name such as ?Zyroslaw (from ?zyr ‘food’ + slawa ‘glory’) or Doma?zyr (from doma ‘home’ + ?zyr ‘food’).Ethiopian: unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

3,589 Historical Documents & Family Trees with Zera

Name Distribution of Zera Families

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United States

England & Wales

Scotland

Number of Zera families

8 - 14

3 - 7

1 - 2

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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Zera Family Origin

Germany (3)

Hungary (1)

Hamburg (1)

from the New York Passengers List

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Zera Immigration Information

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from the New York Passenger Lists

Average Life Expectancy for Zera

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Zera Family Occupations

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