Dora Family History
- Dora Name Meaning
- Hungarian: from the female personal name Dóra, a short form of Dorottya, Hungarian form of Dorothy. Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Kayasth) name of unknown meaning.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 73,265 Historical Documents with Dora on Ancestry
- 40,211 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 12,658 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,215 Military Records
- 3,382 Immigration Records
- 15,799 Member Trees
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Number of Dora families
 8 - 14  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dora families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Dora census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
Dora census records
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