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Early Origins of the Pavon family

The surname Pavon was first found in Milan (Italian: Milano, Milanese: Milan), the second-most populous city in Italy and the capital of Lombardy. The two palaces in the Piazza del Duomo, Palazzo Reale and the palace of the archbishops are notable. The city is rich in art, museums, galleries and sights. Castello Sforzesco stands in the Parco. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Pavon family

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Pavon Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pavon, Pavone, Po, Pavoni, Pavonetti, Pavonini and many more.

Early Notables of the Pavon family

Prominent among bearers of this family in early times was

  • the Pavon family of Milan

Pavon Ranking

In the United States, the name Pavon is the 17,201st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Pavon migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pavon Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Juan Pavon, who settled in Peru in 1579
  • Catalina Pavon, who settled in New Granada in 1590
Pavon Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jean Pierre Pavon, who settled in America in 1744
  • Jean P. Pavon, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1744
  • Jean Pierre Pavon, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1744 2
Pavon Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • P. Pavon, who arrived in San Francisco in 1852

West Indies Pavon 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
Pavon Settlers in West Indies in the 16th Century
  • Francisco Pavon, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1523

Contemporary Notables of the name Pavon (post 1700) +

  • Ricardo Julián Martinez Pavón (b. 1984), Paraguay an defender
  • José Ignacio Pavón (1791-1866), Mexican lawyer, jurist and politician
  • José Ricardo Pavón (b. 1990), Ecuadorian football striker
  • María Blanca Estela Pavón (1926-1949), Mexican film actress
  • Manuel Pavón (b. 1984), Spanish professional footballer
  • Francisco Antonio Pavón (b. 1977), Honduran professional football midfielder
  • Francisco "Paco" Pavón (b. 1980), Spanish footballer
  • José Antonio Pavón Jiménez or José Antonio Pavón (1754-1840), Spanish botanist
  • Carlos Pavón, Honduran football player
  • Michel Pavon, former French football midfielder


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. 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)
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies


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