Almaraz Family History
- Almaraz Name Meaning
- Spanish: habitational name from places in Zamora, Cáceres, and Vallodolid provinces. According to Asín Palacios, these names are derived from Arabic al-ma?hrath ‘the cultivated or arable land’; another possible origin would be al-ma?hras ‘the guarded or fortified place’, ‘the sanctuary’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 88,771 Historical Documents with Almaraz on Ancestry
- 80,142 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,407 Census and Voter Lists
- 496 Military Records
- 1,317 Immigration Records
- 3,409 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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