Surname Cerra
Origin and meaning
From "cerro" meaning steep rock, used in many names of places
💡 The surname Cerra also appears as variant of the surname Cèrri in other studies consulted in this project.
Variants
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The 11 recorded variants show how a single group of related surnames evolved according to geographic area, historical period, and dialect.
Sources
This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary is based on the following specialized onomastic sources:
- Research conducted by Surnames in Italy, the English-language project of Ancestros Italianos, based on the bibliography cited in the references.