Guardia History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Guardia family

The surname Guardia was first found in Leon, where the name originated in Visigothic times.

Early History of the Guardia family

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Guardia Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Guardia, Guardias, Guardions, Guardiola, Guardians, Guardi, Guardiaa, Guardio, Guardiant, De La Guardia and many more.

Early Notables of the Guardia family

Prominent among members of the family

was Guardia of Leon

Guardia migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Guardia Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Francisco de la Guardia who immigrated to Guatemala in 1585

Guardia Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Blas Guardia, aged 34, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1826 1
D D DeLa Guardia, aged 50, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1829 1
Pedro Nolicio Guardia, a Spanish soldier, who settled in New Orleans in 1835 at the age of 21
Salvador Guardia, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 1
Jose Dela Guardia who immigrated to Puerto Rico in 1865
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Contemporary Notables of the name Guardia (post 1700) +

Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947), American mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945, eponym of La Guardia airport
Eduardo Refinetti Guardia (1966-2022), Brazilian economist, Finance Minister of Brazil from 2018 to 2019, Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Finance from 2016 and 2018
Maribel Guardia (b. 1960), Costa Rican actress, who works and lives in Mexico
Tomás Guardia (1832-1882), Costa Rican army general, president (dictator) of Costa Rica from 1870 to 1882
Rafael Calderón Guardia, former President of Costa Rica
Víctor Guardia Quirós (1873-1959), Costa Rican lawyer and writer
Victoria Guardia Alvarado (b. 1939), Costa Rican politician and diplomat

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)