Arias Surname History

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The distinguished surname Arias is a Sephardic Jewish name, that is, one that originates in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal). This surname is thought to be derived from the one of personal names Ares, Aria or Arius which were used in the "Romance" countries. Spanish patronymic names emerged as early as the mid-9th century and the most common patronymic suffix is ez. The patronyms were derived from a variety of given names that were of many different origins.

Early History of the Arias family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Arias research. Another 105 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1097 and 1611 are included under the topic Early Arias History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Arias Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Arias, Arianiz, Areas, Ares, Ariz, Aris and others.

Early Notables of the Arias family

Prominent among members of the family

were Pedro Arias, thirteenth century Castilian nobleman
Benito Arias Montano, sixteenth century Spanish scholar and translator
Juan Arias de Loyola, sixteenth century Spanish cosmographer, who invented a procedure for calculating longitude
Antonio Arias de Acevedo, a native of Cordoba, was made a Knight of the Order of Santiago in 1611

Arias World Ranking

In the United States, the name Arias is the 1,228^th most popular surname with an estimated 24,870 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Arias is ranked the 8,480^th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 2 And in South America, the name Arias is the 41^st popular surname with an estimated 95 people with that name. 3

Arias migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Arias Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Hernando Arias de Saavedra, of Spanish descent, often called "the last conquistador," was the first man born in the New World to govern a Spanish territory: he was Governor and Captain-General of the La Plata region in the late 1500s, and he established Paraguay's virtual independence from Spanish administrators in Buenos Aires and Peru
Rodrigo Arias, who arrived in America in 1513
Pedro Arias, who arrived in America in 1516
Pedro Arias de Avila, who succeeded Balboa as governor of Darien (Panama) and founded Panama City in 1519
Pedro Arias, who arrived in Florida in 1538
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Arias Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Bernardino Arias, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1803 4
Rodrigo Arias, who landed in America in 1813 4
Pedro Arias, who arrived in America in 1816 4
Fernand Arias, who arrived in America in 1817 4
Hernand Arias, who landed in America in 1817 4
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Arias 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. 5

Arias Settlers in West Indies in the 16th Century

Alonso Arias, who arrived in Cuba in 1533
Bartolomé Arias, who arrived in the Dominican Republic in 1535

Contemporary Notables of the name Arias (post 1700) +

Raymond Arias, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1948 6
Miguel A. Arias, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2008 6
George Arias, American politician, Representative from Texas 24th District, 1998 6
Enrique M. Arias, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 2008 6
Rándall Row Arias (b. 1971), former Costa Rican footballer
Luis González Arias, Paraguayan diplomat
Julián Arévalo Arias, Spanish economist
Ricardo M Arias, Panamanian diplomat, politician and businessman
Roberto E Arias, Panamanian lawyer and diplomat, who married dancer Margot Fonteyn
José F Arias, Uruguayan politician
... (Another 2 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/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
"List of most common surnames in South America." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_common_surnames_in_South_America
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 2016, January 18) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html