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Early Origins of the Madrid family

The surname Madrid was first found in Old Castile in the heart of Spain, where the name originated in Visigothic times.

Early History of the Madrid family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Madrid research. Another 57 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1642, 1769 and 1773 are included under the topic Early Madrid History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Madrid Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Madrid, Lamadrid and others.

Early Notables of the Madrid family

Prominent among members of the family

  • were Madrid of Spain

Madrid Ranking

In the United States, the name Madrid is the 1,786th most popular surname with an estimated 17,409 people with that name. [1]


United States Madrid migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Madrid Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Juan De Madrid, who settled in America in 1510
  • Alonso De Madrid, who arrived in New Spain in 1561
  • Sebastian de Madrid, who settled in Peru with his family in 1582
Madrid Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Juan De Madrid, who arrived in America in 1810 [2]
  • Lorenzo De Madrid, who arrived in America in 1813 [2]
  • Pedro De Madrid, who landed in America in 1813 [2]
  • Francisco Madrid, who landed in America in 1813 [2]
  • Cristobal De Madrid, who landed in America in 1814 [2]
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

West Indies Madrid 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]
Madrid Settlers in West Indies in the 16th Century
  • Gonzalo De Madrid, who settled in the Dominican Republic in 1560 with his children Juan and Beatriz

Contemporary Notables of the name Madrid (post 1700) +

  • Patricia Madrid (b. 1947), New Mexico Attorney General and Congressional Candidate
  • Juan Madrid (b. 1947), Spanish writer
  • José Luis Álvaro Alvino Fernández Madrid (1789-1830), Neogranadine statesman, physician, scientist and writer
  • José Enrique Madrid (b. 1988), Ecuadorian footballer
  • Rodolfo Alejandro Madrid (b. 1980), Chilean football defender
  • Andrés David Madrid (b. 1981), Argentine footballer
  • Miguel de la Madrid (b. 1934), Mexican president (1982-1988)

USS Arizona
  • Mr. Arthur John Madrid, American Seaman Second Class from California, USA working aboard the ship "USS Arizona" when she sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, he died in the sinking [4]


  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
  4. Pearl Harbour: USS Arizona Casualties List Pearl Harbour December 7, 1941. (Retrieved 2018, July 31st). Retrieved from http://pearl-harbor.com/arizona/casualtylist.html


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