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Carra Surname Meaning

Italian: topographic name for someone who lived in a stony land from carra ‘stone rock’. Italian (Sicily; Carrà): habitational name from Carrà in Messina province.

Alternatively an altered form of Greek Karras. Italian (northern; Carrà): topographic name for someone who lived near a carriage road from the dialect word carà or a habitational name from Caràa, a dialect form of Carate in Lombardy.

Spanish (mainly La Rioja and Navarre): possibly a nickname from a regional short form of carraco ‘sickly person’.

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

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You can see how Carra families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Carra family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1841 and 1920. The most Carra families were found in USA in 1920. In 1911 there were 11 Carra families living in Quebec. This was about 28% of all the recorded Carra's in Canada. Quebec had the highest population of Carra families in 1911.

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Passenger Lists

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There are 623 military records available for the last name Carra. For the veterans among your Carra ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Carra lifespan?

Between 1957 and 2004, in the United States, Carra life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1958, and highest in 1998. The average life expectancy for Carra in 1957 was 40, and 81 in 2004.

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