Olivas History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

The distinguished surname Olivas, like many Spanish family names, is a proud sign of a rich and ancient ancestry. The earliest forms of hereditary surnames in Spain were the patronymic surnames, which are derived from the father's given name, and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the mother's given name. Spanish patronymic names emerged as early as the mid-9th century and were derived from a variety of given names that were of many different origins.

Early Origins of the Olivas family

The surname Olivas was first found in Aragon, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain. Today, Olivares is a city in the province of Seville having a population of 8,729 inhabitants as of 2005.

Early History of the Olivas family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Olivas research. Another 199 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1137, 1148, 1170, 1229, 1235, 1238, 1282 and 1469 are included under the topic Early Olivas History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Olivas Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Oliva, de Oliva, Olivas, Olivo, Olivos, Oliver, de Oliver, Olivé, Olive, Olivera, Oliveras, Olivero, Oliveros, de Oliveros, Olivérez, Oliverez, Olives, Olivar, Olivares and many more.

Early Notables of the Olivas family

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Olivas Ranking

In the United States, the name Olivas is the 2,992^nd most popular surname with an estimated 9,948 people with that name. 1

Olivas migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Olivas Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Magdalena Olivas, aged 40, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1850 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Olivas (post 1700) +

Daniel Olivas (b. 1959), United States author and attorney
John Daniel "Danny" Olivas (b. 1965), American engineer and NASA astronaut with over 668 hours in space 3
Francisco José Olivas (b. 1988), Spanish footballer
Viktor Olivas (1861-1928), Czech painter and illustrator
Ramón Otoniel Olivas, Retired Nicaraguan footballer
Fernando Nicolas Olivas (b. 1971), former Argentine football player
Darwin Eusebio Olivas (b. 1989), Honduran-Guatemalan footballer
Carlos Olivas, Honduran football player that currently plays for Marathon

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)
NASA Astronauts Homepage. (Retrieved 2010, September 27) John Olivas. Retrieved from http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/olivas.html