Perla Family History
- Perla Name Meaning
- Spanish: from perla ‘pearl’, possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a trader in pearls, which in the Middle Ages were fashionable among the rich for the ornamentation of clothes. Italian: generally, from the female personal name Perla, meaning ‘pearl’(from Late Latin Pern(u)la (‘little pearl’), whence Italian perla ‘pearl’), but in some cases possibly a metonymic occupational name (see 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 15,635 Historical Documents with Perla on Ancestry
- 8,679 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,888 Census and Voter Lists
- 465 Military Records
- 2,227 Immigration Records
- 2,376 Member Trees
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Number of Perla families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Perla families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Perla 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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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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