Cisneros History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Cisneros family

The surname Cisneros was first found in Murano, an island in the Venetian lagoon. The cathedral, S Maria e Donato is a fine basilica of the 9th century. There are beautiful mosaics within the cathedral. In the 12th century the doge Vital Micheli II incorporated the island into Venice. It was a favorite resort of Venetian nobility. 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 Cisneros family

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Cisneros Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cisneros, Cizneros, Cisnneros, Cisnerros, Cisneross, Cisneroz, Cisnerose and many more.

Early Notables of the Cisneros family

Prominent among members of the family was

the Cisneros family of Murano

Cisneros Ranking

In the United States, the name Cisneros is the 1,254^th most popular surname with an estimated 24,870 people with that name. 1

Cisneros migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cisneros Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Cristobal De Cisneros who immigrated to Espanola in 1512
Juan Cisneros, who arrived in Mexico in 1536
Beatriz De Cisneros who arrived in Peru in 1570
Francisco Cisneros, who settled in New Spain in 1578
Elvira de Gallegos Cisneros, who arrived in New Spain in 1578
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Cisneros Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Cristobal De Cisneros, who arrived in America in 1813 2
Alonso De Cisneros, who arrived in America in 1816 2
Francisco De Cisneros, who arrived in America in 1827 2
Garcia De Cisneros, who landed in Venezuela in 1834 2
Jose Cisneros, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1836 2
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Cisneros Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Andris Cisneros, who landed in Texas in 1911 2
Eusebio Cisneros, who landed in Texas in 1911 2
Tony Cisneros, who arrived in Texas in 1911 2

Cisneros 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

Cisneros Settlers in West Indies in the 16th Century

Cristobal Cisneros, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1512

Contemporary Notables of the name Cisneros (post 1700) +

Lauren Cisneros (b. 1983), American beauty queen
Henry Cisneros (b. 1947), American politician and mayor of San Antonio
Al Cisneros, American musician
Gustavo Alfredo Jiménez de Cisneros y Rendiles (1945-2023), Venezuelan businessman and Chairman of Grupo Cisneros
Franklin Cisneros (1983-2023), born as Franklin Amadeo Cisneros Duarte, was a Salvadoran judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category
Antonio Alfonso Cisneros Campoy (b. 1942), award-winning Peruvian poet

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