Calvillo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Calvillo family

The surname Calvillo was first found in Milan (Italian: Milano, Milanese: Milan), the second-most populous city in Italy and the capital of Lombardy. The two palaces in the Piazza del Duomo, Palazzo Reale and the palace of the archbishops are notable. The city is rich in art, museums, galleries and sights. Castello Sforzesco stands in the Parco. 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. This distinguished noble family emerged in the record books in Milan prior to 1190 but they were already nobility in far off Arragon and in Venice. They were granted the castle of Greci e Gangi in Palermo by the presiding Normans at that time (1200).

Early History of the Calvillo family

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Calvillo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Calvelli, Calvello, Calvario, Calvi, Calvanese and many more.

Early Notables of the Calvillo family

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Calvillo Ranking

In the United States, the name Calvillo is the 6,502^nd most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Calvillo migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Calvillo Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Antonio Calvillo, who settled in America from Tricarico, in 1902
Francesco Calvillo, aged 17, who settled in America from Foggiano, in 1906
Domenico Calvillo, aged 24, who landed in America from S. Marco in Lamis, Foggia, in 1909
Felicitas Calvillo, aged 77, who immigrated to the United States from Oaxaco, Mexico, in 1919
Adriana Calvillo, aged 33, who landed in America from Gigena, Argentine, in 1919
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Calvillo 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. 2

Calvillo Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Francisco Calvillo, who landed in Cuba in 1866 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Calvillo (post 1700) +

Anthony Calvillo (b. 1972), American-born, Canadian Football League quarterback, three-time winner of CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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)