Fernando Family History
- Fernando Name Meaning
- Spanish and Portuguese: from a Germanic personal name composed of a metathesized form of frið ‘peace’ (or farð ‘journey’, ‘expedition’) + nanð ‘daring’, ‘boldness’. See also Ferdinand. This family name is also found in western India, where it was taken by Portuguese colonists.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 65,581 Historical Documents with Fernando on Ancestry
- 38,108 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 7,632 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,392 Military Records
- 5,986 Immigration Records
- 12,463 Member Trees
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Number of Fernando families
 5 - 8  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Fernando families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Fernando 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
Fernando census records
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