Pera Family History

Pera Surname Meaning

Italian (Sicily): from the personal name Pera, feminine form of Pero. Italian: metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of pears from pera ‘pear’. Catalan and Portuguese: habitational name from La Pera, a town in Girona province, Catalonia (Spain), or from any of various places called Pera in Portugal from Latin Petra ‘stone’.

Croatian: from the male personal name Pera, a pet form of Petar (see Peter). Assyrian/Chaldean: from a male personal name based on Syriac perā or pēʾrā ‘lamb’, with a Christian religious connotation (‘the lamb of God’).

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

Similar surnames: Perna, Pero, Perl, Bera, Perla, Vera, Cera, Peri, Para, Petra

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Where is the Pera family from?

You can see how Pera families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Pera family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Pera families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 3 Pera families living in Hertfordshire. This was about 33% of all the recorded Pera's in United Kingdom. Hertfordshire had the highest population of Pera families in 1891.

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What did your Pera ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, mangress (wine shop) was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Pera.

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There are 3K immigration records available for the last name Pera. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 2K military records available for the last name Pera. For the veterans among your Pera ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Pera lifespan?

Between 1961 and 2004, in the United States, Pera life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1961, and highest in 2002. The average life expectancy for Pera in 1961 was 51, and 83 in 2004.

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Pera Surname Meaning

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

Where is the Pera family from?

What did your Pera ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, mangress (wine shop) was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Pera.

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

mangress (wine shop)

100%

What Pera family records will you find?

What is the average Pera lifespan?

Between 1961 and 2004, in the United States, Pera life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1961, and highest in 2002. The average life expectancy for Pera in 1961 was 51, and 83 in 2004.

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