Muslera or Viera...Italian last name????

Question

are these italian last names?

Answer 1

www.ancestry.com--VIERA MEANING:

Galician and Spanish: possibly a variant spelling of Vieira. In Spain the surname is found mainly in the island of Tenerife.

Vieira Name Meaning and History

1.religious byname from Portuguese "vieria" ‘"scallop"’ (Late Latin "veneria", a derivative of the name of Venus; the goddess was often depicted riding on a scallop). The scallop was a symbol of the pilgrim who had been to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.

2. habitational name from any of numerous minor places called Vieiria.

Civil War Service Records

Name: Augustus Vieira

COMPANY: F  

UNIT: 14 Illinois Infantry.  

Rank - Induction: Private  

Rank - Discharge: Corporal  

Allegiance: Union

www.familysearch.org

The surname MUSLERA is listed, and is found primarily in Uruguay (S. America), and Spain.

Juaquin Muslera--born About 1732   S Cosme De Tornon, Villaviciosa, Oviedo, Spain  is an early listing.

Viera alternate spellings include VIEIRA ; VIERRA; VIRO; VARY; VEARY; VAREY;  VERY; van. der Viera;äVERA; DE VERA ; DE LA VARA;  &VIEYRA .

      The name is found in  Mexico, American Samoa , Brasil,

Ecuador, Peru, Colombia,  Bermuda, Germany, Netherlands,

Estonia USSR,  Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, England, Philippines, India, South Africa, Portugal, Canada, USA (various states), and the Azores Islands.

     With one of the varied spellings, the earliest listing is

Manuel VIEIRA--b.Abt. 1577 ,  Madeira, Portugal.

Answer 2

This is what I found on www.ancestry.com

Vierra Name Meaning and History

Origin unidentified; possibly a respelling of Spanish Viera.

I couldn't find anything in relation to the other name at all. Normally there is a little bit of text  about these "unique" names but there wasn't even an hint about Muslera.

Answer 3

Muslera is Spanish.

Viera according to ancestry.com:

Galician and Spanish: possibly a variant spelling of Vieira. In Spain the surname is found mainly in the island of Tenerife.

Answer 4

Muslera and Viera... they are former Nacional goalkeepers.

Saludos desde Uruguay!

Answer 5

yep

Answer 6

viera