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Definition: Derived from the Spanish "herrería," meaning place where ironwork is made, the Herrera surname means "worker in iron, a blacksmith." According to the Instituto Genealógico e Histórico Latino-Americano, this Castellan surname originated in the Villa of Pedraza, in the province of Segovia, in Castile and Leon, Spain.
Surname Origin:
Spanish
Alternate Surname Spellings:
HERRERO
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Hispanic Genealogy HERRERA Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - HERRERA Genealogy HERRERA Surname Mailing List Surname Finder - HERRERA Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - HERRERA Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - HERRERA Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - HERRERA Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
