Escalera History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Early Origins of the Escalera family

The surname Escalera was first found in Castille, in the region of Llanes.

Early History of the Escalera family

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Escalera Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Escamilla, Escanilla and others.

Early Notables of the Escalera family

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Escalera Ranking

In the United States, the name Escalera is the 9,845^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Escalera migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Escalera Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Pedro Escalera, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1816-1826 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Escalera (post 1700) +

Irene Cara Escalera (1959-2022), American singer and actress, best known for singing and co-writing the song "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (from the film Flashdance), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1984
Rodolfo "Rudy" Escalera (1929-2000), Mexican-American artist
José Nicolás de la Escalera (1734-1804), Cuban painter
Carlos Escalera (b. 1979), Puerto Rican professional basketball player
Katia Giselle Escalera, Bolivian operatic soprano
Saturnino Escalera (b. 1929), former outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball from Puerto Rico
Alfredo Escalera (b. 1952), Puerto Rican who was a world champion boxer

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)