Enrique History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Spain

The prestigious surname Enrique originated in Spain, a country which has figured prominently in world affairs for hundreds of years.

Early Origins of the Enrique family

The surname Enrique was first found in Castile, predominant among the northern Christian kingdoms of mediaeval Spain.

Early History of the Enrique family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Enrique research. Another 150 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1244, 1312, 1352, 1430, 1454, 1469 and 1474 are included under the topic Early Enrique History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Enrique Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Enríquez, Enriquez, Enrique, Enriques, Enríquiz, Enriquiz, Enrique, Henríquez, Henriquez, Henríquiz and many more.

Early Notables of the Enrique family

Prominent among members of the family

were Enrique Enríquez de Sevilla, whose name appears in the Libro Becerro of 1352
seventeenth century Spanish Governor of Guatemala Enrique Enríquez de Guzmán
Enrique Henríquez, nineteenth century Dominican poet and politician

Enrique migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Enrique Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Juan Enrique, who arrived in Nombre de Dios, Panama in 1835 1
Leopold Enrique, who landed in Texas in 1850-1906 1

Enrique 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

Enrique Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Alonso Enrique, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1838 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Enrique (post 1700) +

Sergi Enrique Montserrat (b. 1987), Spanish gold and three-time silver medalist field hockey player
Luis Enrique Martínez García (b. 1970), known as Luis Enrique, is a Spanish retired footballer
Héctor Adolfo Enrique (b. 1962), retired Argentine footballer, assistant coach of the Argentina national team
Luis Enrique Mejía López (b. 1962), Nicaraguan multiple Latin Grammy Award nominated singer and composer
Ruben Enrique Douglas (1979-2024), American-Panamanian professional basketball player
Carlos Enrique Espínoza Marambio (1928-2024), Chilean footballer
Gaspar Enrique Páez (b. 1986), Argentine footballer
Ramón Enrique Torres Guzmán (1952-2023), Puerto Rican reporter, journalist, and news anchor of Informe 79 from Mega TV Puerto Rico
Germán Enrique Chaves Torres (1995-2023), Colombian professional cyclist who last raced for Team Sistecredito–GW
Horacio Enrique Accavallo (1934-2022), Argentine professional boxer who competed from 1956 until 1967, WBA and WBC flyweight champion between March 1966 to October 1968

Citations +

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