Viola Family History
- Viola Name Meaning
- Italian: from the female personal name Viola, from viola ‘violet’ (Latin viola). Catalan: probably from viola ‘fiddle’, ‘viol’, hence an occupational nickname for a viol player; otherwise a byname from viola ‘violet’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 101,753 Historical Documents with Viola on Ancestry
- 52,687 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 17,284 Census and Voter Lists
- 4,023 Military Records
- 9,198 Immigration Records
- 18,561 Member Trees
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Number of Viola families
 8 - 14  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Viola 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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