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De La Rosa Surname Meaning

Spanish: from the Christian religious (Marian) epithet de la rosa ‘of the rose’. Compare La Rosa and Rosa.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how De La Rosa families moved over time by selecting different census years. The De La Rosa family name was found in the USA, and the UK between 1880 and 1920. The most De La Rosa families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there was 1 De La Rosa family living in Middlesex. This was 100% of all the recorded De La Rosa's in United Kingdom. Middlesex had the highest population of De La Rosa families in 1891.
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Between 1952 and 2004, in the United States, De La Rosa life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1952, and highest in 1984. The average life expectancy for De La Rosa in 1952 was 23, and 67 in 2004.

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