Cera History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

Early Origins of the Cera family

The surname Cera was first found in Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte, Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont), a territorial division of northern Italy at the foot of the Alps consisting of the provinces of Alessandria, Cuneo, Novara and Turin. Later Aosta and Vercelli were added and still later, Asti. History is related back to 49 B.C. The house of Savoy rose in 1000 A.D. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Cera family

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Cera Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ciraso, Ceresa, Ceresi, Cerasa, Cirasa, Ciraso and many more.

Early Notables of the Cera family

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Migration of the Cera family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Dominico Caristo, who settled in Arkansas in 1918.

Contemporary Notables of the name Cera (post 1700) +

Jack Cera (1956-2025), American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 96th district (1983-1996)
Pierluigi Cera (b. 1941), Italian footballer who played 478 matches as a midfielder or as a defender, most notably for Cagliari (1964-1973), and the Italy national football team (1969-1972)
Michael Austin Cera (b. 1988), Canadian Tony award nominated actor and musician who started his career as a child actor, voicing the character of Brother Bear on the children’s television show The Berenstain Bears