Last Names, Surnames. What ethnicity do you think the last name Carrera is?

Question

how about Cowart?

or Fairyrock?

Answer 1

haha my name is jonathan carrera :)

well im mexican and i was looking for it

it goes back to peru i think and it was the last name of the emperor or somthing like that

CARRERA FOR LIFE

Answer 2

My last name IS Carrera and my grandfather is Italian and came over here from Italy. Carrera Is an ITALIAN last name. Not Spanish. My Grandfather's name is on the Ellis Island Wall of Legal Immigrants from Italy. The way it is suppose to be done, legally.



Carrera Family Coat of Arms

Origin:  Italian

From the ancient and picturesque Italian region of Venice emerged a variety of distinguished names, including the notable surname of Carrera.  Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent.  The Process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries.  Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they are characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names.  Although the most traditional type of family name found in the region of Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, local surnames are also found.  Local names, which are the least frequent of the major types of surnames found in Italy, are derived from a place-name where the original bearer once resided or held land.  Often Italian local surnames bore the prefix 'di,' which signifies emigration from one place to another, but does not necessarily denote nobility.  The Carrera family lived in the city of Bologna, where Rolandino Carrari witnessed the gift of a castle to the city council in 1188.

Answer 3

carrera is a spanish last name, cowart is an english last name dont know about fairlock

Answer 4

i work as a hostess and someone came in with the last name Carrera. When she said her name, she rolled the Rs like there was no tomorrow. She also looked very Latina/Mexican.

Thats all I got, sorry.

Answer 5

Carrera Name Meaning and History

1. Spanish: topographic name for someone living by a main road, carrera ‘thoroughfare’, originally a road passable by vehicles as well as pedestrians (Late Latin carraria (via), a derivative of carrum ‘cart’), or a habitational name from any of various places named with this word.



2. Southern Italian: habitational name from a place named Carrera, cognate with 1.

http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Carrera-fa...

Love & Blessings

Milly

Answer 6

Carrera is from one of the Latin language countries - likely Italian or Spanish or both

Answer 7

Carrera is Nicaraguan (such as Barbara Carrera)

Cowart is English and a variation of Coward

Fairyrock is norweigan