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Early Origins of the Alfaro family

The surname Alfaro was first found in the Basque region of northern Spain.

Early History of the Alfaro family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Alfaro research. Another 267 words (19 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Alfaro History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Alfaro Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Alfaro, Alfaros, Alfare, Alfara, Alfar, Alfari, Alfaaro and many more.

Early Notables of the Alfaro family

Prominent among members of the family

the Alfaro family of Basque

Alfaro Ranking

In the United States, the name Alfaro is the 1,935^th most popular surname with an estimated 17,409 people with that name. 1

Alfaro migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Alfaro Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Alonso Alfaro, who arrived in West Indies in 1513
Juan Alfaro, who settled in America in 1516
Cosme De Alfaro who arrived in Venezuela in 1534
Lazaro De Alfaro and his family who settled in New Granada in 1564
Maria Blas Alfaro, who arrived in New Granada in 1564

Alfaro Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Beatriz De Alfaro, who arrived in America in 1812 2
Juan Alfaro, who landed in America in 1816 2
Elina Alfaro, aged 14, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1829 2
Elina Alfaro, who settled in New Orleans in 1829
Matias Alfaro, who settled in New Orleans in 1830
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Alfaro Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Daria Alfaro, who settled in Kansas in 1947

Alfaro migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 3

Alfaro Settlers in West Indies in the 16th Century

Marina Alfaro, who settled in Dominican Republic in 1564
Maria Alfaro, who settled in Dominican Republic in 1564
Ana De Alfaro who emigrated with her two daughters to the Dominican Republic in 1564

Alfaro Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Marina Alfaro, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1864 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Alfaro (post 1700) +

Flavio Roman Alfaro (1961-2021), American baseball shortstop and second baseman who played one season of Minor League Baseball, member of the 1984 United States Olympic baseball team
Jason Alfaro (b. 1977), former American Major League /Minor League baseball player
Luis Alfaro (b. 1963), renowned American Chicano performance artist, writer, theater director, and social activist
Alejandro Alfaro (b. 1986), Spanish footballer
Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro (1854-1931), President of Costa Rica from 1885 to 1889
Fabián Alfaro (b. 1981), Chilean footballer
Cristián Alfaro (b. 1987), Argentine footballer
Boris Alfaro, Panamanian football striker
Xiomara Alfaro (b. 1930), Cuban coloratura soprano
Roque Raúl Alfaro (b. 1956), Argentine football manager and former player
... (Another 6 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies