Miranda Family History
Miranda Name Meaning
Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from
any of numerous places in Spain and Portugal called Miranda. The
derivation of the place name is uncertain; it may be of pre-Roman
origin, or from Latin miranda ‘view’, ‘outlook’. AB, DK This
name is also found in western India, where it was taken by Portuguese
colonists.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Miranda Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Miranda families
 10 - 18  4 - 9 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Miranda Family Origin
Miranda Emigration Information (US)
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Miranda Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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