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Early Origins of the Grana family

The surname Grana was first found in Granada, in southern Spain.

Early History of the Grana family

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Grana Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Granada, Grenados, Granatos, Granata, Grenato and many more.

Early Notables of the Grana family

Prominent among members of the family

  • is the Granato family of Sicily...


United States Grana migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Grana Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Encarnacion De Grana, aged 38, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1852 [1]
  • Manuel Grana, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 [1]
  • Jose Grana, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1898 [1]

Contemporary Notables of the name Grana (post 1700) +

  • César Graña (1919-1986), Peruvian-born, American sociologist and anthropologist
  • Richard J. Grana, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 2008, 2012 [2]
  • Hernán Gustavo Grana (b. 1985), Argentine football defender


  1. 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)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 2) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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