Barra Family History
- Barra Name Meaning
- Southern Italian: probably a topographic name from Sicilian bharra ‘bar’, ‘barrier’ or a habitational name from a place named with this word. Galician: habitational name from places named Barra, in the provinces of Lugo and Ourense. Southern French: dialect variant of Barre. Hungarian: from the personal name Barna, short form of Barnabás, Hungarian equivalent of Barnaby.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 66,492 Historical Documents with Barra on Ancestry
- 42,669 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 7,418 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,130 Military Records
- 4,102 Immigration Records
- 10,173 Member Trees
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Number of Barra families
 3 - 3  2 - 2 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Barra families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Barra 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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