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ferrara Name Meaning and History

Southern Italian: topographic name for someone who lived by a forge or iron workings, from ferrara, Latin ferraria, a derivative of ferrum ‘iron’, or a habitational name from the provincial capital of Ferrara, in Emilia-Romagna.

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

Distribution of ferrara Families in the US in 1920
Number of ferrara families
 140-278
 47-139		 1-46
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Antonio Ferrara born in Corleone brelle24 0
Frosinone Italy Family Origin kevinferrara1 0
Angelo Ferrara Paul Ferrara 7
FERRARA GIOVANNI FERRARA 3
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FERRARA. rjpt1945 4
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Anthony Peter Ferrara boxer5611 1
FERRARA'S FROM THE BRONX MICHAEL 5
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