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Linares Surname Meaning

Spanish: habitational name from any of various places called Linares as for example in the provinces of Jaén, Seville, Salamanca, Cantabria, Burgos, and Soria from the plural of linar ‘flax field’ (from Latin linare, a derivative of linum ‘flax’).

Aragonese: habitational name from a Castilianized form of placenames in Aragon based on the word linars ‘flax fields’.

Spanish (Liñares): occupational name for a linen merchant from Latin linarius.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Linares families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Linares family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1871 and 1920. The most Linares families were found in USA in 1920. In 1911 there was 1 Linares family living in British Columbia. This was 100% of all the recorded Linares's in Canada. British Columbia had the highest population of Linares families in 1911.
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What did your Linares ancestors do for a living?

In 1921, Clerk was the top reported job for people in the Canada named Linares. 100% of Linares men worked as a Clerk.

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Between 1960 and 2004, in the United States, Linares life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1960, and highest in 1963. The average life expectancy for Linares in 1960 was 32, and 72 in 2004.

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