Contreras Family History
Contreras Name Meaning
Spanish: habitational name from Conteraras, a place in the province
of Burgos. The place name is derived from Late Latin contraria
‘surrounding area’, ‘region’ (from the preposition contra
‘opposite’, ‘against’, ‘hard by’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Contreras Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Contreras families
 3 - 4  2 - 2 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Contreras Family Origin
Contreras Emigration Information (US)
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Contreras Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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