Barras Family History
Barras Name Meaning
English: of uncertain origin; perhaps a topographic name for
someone who lived by the outworks of a fortress, Old French
barrace, or a variant of Barrs.French (Midi): from
an augmentative of Barre.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Barras Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Barras families
 135 - 267  46 - 134 |
 1 - 45  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Barras families
|
12 - 21 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Barras census records
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Barras Family Origin
Barras Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Barras Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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