Esquivel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Early Origins of the Esquivel family

The surname Esquivel was first found in Castile, in north central Spain.

Early History of the Esquivel family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Esquivel research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Esquivel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Esquivel Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Esquivel, Esquibel, Esquille, Esquivelle, Esquibelle, Escivel, Escibel, Escivelle, Escibelle, Eskivel, Eskibel, Eskibelle, Eskivelle, Essquivel, Essquivelle, Essquibel, Essquibelle, Ezquivel, Ezquivelle, Ezquibel and many more.

Early Notables of the Esquivel family

Prominent among members of the family

the Esquivel family of Castille

Esquivel Ranking

In the United States, the name Esquivel is the 2,003^rd most popular surname with an estimated 14,922 people with that name. 1

Esquivel migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Esquivel Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Ana De Esquivel who arrived in Peru in 1563
Constanza De Esquivel who arrived in the Spanish main with two nieces in 1591

Esquivel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Cristobal Esquivel, who landed in America in 1810 2
Francisco De Esquivel, who landed in America in 1810 2
Angel Esquivel, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1816 2
Diego De Esquivel, who landed in America in 1816 2
Juan De Esquivel, who arrived in America in 1826 2
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Esquivel 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

Esquivel Settlers in West Indies in the 16th Century

Luis De Esquivel who immigrated to the Dominican Republic in 1534

Contemporary Notables of the name Esquivel (post 1700) +

Sal Esquivel (b. 1948), American Republican politician from Oregon 4
Steev Esquivel, Mexican-American heavy metal vocalist and bassist
Juan de Esquivel (d. 1513), Spanish conquistador who conquered the island of Jamaica for the Spanish Crown
Sir Manuel Amadeo Esquivel KCMG, PC (1940-2022), Belizean politician, leader of the United Democratic Party, Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998
Sergio Iván Esquivel Cortés (1946-2021), Mexican singer-songwriter
José Carlos Sáenz Esquivel (1861-1919), Costa Rican politician and lawyer
José Sosa Esquivel (1923-1968), Mexican tenor
Laura Natalia Esquivel (b. 1994), Argentine actress and singer
Juan Bautista Esquivel (b. 1980), retired Costa Rican professional footballer
Laura Esquivel (b. 1950), Mexican author
... (Another 5 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

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
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2011, May 27) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html