Ortega Family History
Ortega Name Meaning
Spanish (from Galician): habitational name from Ortega in A
Coruña province.Spanish: nickname from ortega
‘(female) black grouse’ (from Greek ortyx ‘quail’).Southern French (Occitan): topographic name from Occitan
ortiga ‘nettle’ (Latin urtica, French ortie).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Ortega
Name Distribution of Ortega Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ortega census records
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Ortega Family Origin
Ortega Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Ortega Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Ortega census records
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Military Service by Ortega
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