Okura Family History
- Okura Name Meaning
- Japanese (Okura): ‘large warehouse’; the name is found mostly in western Japan, and is listed in the Shinsen shojiroku. There are many unrelated bearers, some with samurai connections, who took the name from places of residence.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 3,936 Historical Documents with Okura on Ancestry
- 1,168 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 727 Census and Voter Lists
- 505 Military Records
- 1,361 Immigration Records
- 175 Member Trees
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Number of Okura families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Okura families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Okura census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
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