Vela Family History
Vela Name Meaning
Spanish, Catalan and Galician: of uncertain derivation; it
could be from the pre-Roman personal name Vela (compare Basque
bela, vela ‘raven’). More likely perhaps, it may be a
byname from vela meaning either ‘sail’ or ‘watchman’.Spanish: habitational name from a place name Vela, in Córdoba
province.Portuguese: habitational name from a place
named Vela in Portugal.Czech: from a pet form of either of
two personal names, Velislav or Velimir.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Vela
Name Distribution of Vela Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Vela families
 2 - 1  2 - 1 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Vela census records
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Vela Family Origin
Vela Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Vela Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Vela census records
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Military Service by Vela
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