Bara Family History
- Bara Name Meaning
- Scottish: habitational name from Bara, the name of an old manor and parish in East Lothian. Polish, Czech, and Slovak (Bára): from a reduced vernacular form of the Latin personal name Bartolomaeus, Polish Bartlomiej, Czech Bartolomej (see Bartholomew), or possibly from a pet form of the personal name Barbara. Hungarian: from a short form of the personal name Barabás (see Barabas). French: nickname for a quarrelsome or deceitful person, from Old French barat ‘commerce’, ‘dealings’, a derivative of barater ‘to barter’. Compare Barratt. Aragonese: habitational name from Bara in Uesca province, Aragon. Catalan (Barà): respelling of Catalan Berà in Tarragona, Catalonia (see Bera).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 44,596 Historical Documents with Bara on Ancestry
- 28,415 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 7,131 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,105 Military Records
- 2,602 Immigration Records
- 5,343 Member Trees
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Number of Bara families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bara families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bara census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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