Calzada History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

The noble Spanish surname Calzada is of local or locative origin, derived from the place where a man once lived or where he once owned land. The Spanish word "Calzada" means "highway or roadway," and the surname was therefore applied to a family or a person who lived near the road.

Early Origins of the Calzada family

The surname Calzada was first found in the Castilian province of Almadoz, where they had been since Roman times.

Early History of the Calzada family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Calzada research. Another 107 words (8 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Calzada History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Calzada Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Calzada, Calzadilla, Calzadas, Calzados and others.

Early Notables of the Calzada family

Prominent among bearers of the Calzada family name at this time was

Fernando Felipe Maria de Calzada, Diego de la Calzada and Jose de la Calzada, who were all knights in the military Order of Carlos III

Calzada Ranking

In the United States, the name Calzada is the 8,318^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Calzada migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Calzada Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Cristino Calzada, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1831 2
Juan De Calzada, who landed in Florida in 1838 2
Sebastian Calzada, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860 2
Sebastian Calzada Lopez who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860
Amalia Calzada, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1873 2
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Calzada 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

Calzada Settlers in West Indies in the 16th Century

Pedro Calzada who settled in the Dominican Republic in 1538

Calzada Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Pedro Calzada, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1838 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Calzada (post 1700) +

Luis Sáenz de la Calzada (1912-1994), Spanish painter, poet and actor
José Manuel Calzada Calzada (b. 1947), distinguished Spanish philosopher
Juan Ismael Calzada, Mexican botanist and collector
José Eduardo Calzada (b. 1964), Mexican politician
José Calzada Benza (b. 1912), engineer in Peru

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