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imperial Name Meaning and History

Spanish and Portuguese: from the Italian surname Imperiale, which was taken from Genoa to Spain in the 16th century.

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Distribution of imperial Families in the US in 1920
Number of imperial families
 10-18
 4-9
 1-3
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