Mesa History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Early Origins of the Mesa family

The surname Mesa was first found in Castellano, or Castille.

Early History of the Mesa family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mesa research. Another 95 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1644, 1659 and 1766 are included under the topic Early Mesa History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Mesa Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mesa, Mesas, Messeguer and others.

Early Notables of the Mesa family

Prominent among members of the family

Don Juan de Mesa, who was made Marquis of Torre-Hermosa in 1659, as well as Don Francisco Mesa, a caballero of Santiago, who was made the Marquis of Casa Hermosa in 1766

Mesa Ranking

In the United States, the name Mesa is the 3,738^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1

Mesa migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mesa Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Francisco De Mesa, who settled in America in 1513
Matias Mesa, who arrived in New Spain in 1574
Juan de Mesa, who arrived in Peru in 1579

Mesa Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Christoval Mesa, who came from the Canary islands to Louisiana in 1779

Mesa Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Gregorio Mesa, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1803 2
Juan De Mesa, who landed in America in 1811 2
Bernardino De Mesa, who arrived in America in 1812 2
Bernardo De Mesa, who landed in America in 1812 2
Diego Mesa, who landed in America in 1828 2
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Mesa 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

Mesa Settlers in West Indies in the 16th Century

Luis De Mesa, who was in the Dominican Republic in 1561

Contemporary Notables of the name Mesa (post 1700) +

Tony Mesa, American Republican politician, Presidential Elector for Kansas, 1972
Peter A. Mesa, American politician, U.S. Consular Agent in Granada, 1884
Jose Mesa, American Major League Baseball player
Manuel "Manolo" Mesa Quirós (b. 1952), Spanish retired football right winger
Raúl Mesa (b. 1982), Spanish gold medalist beach volleyball player at the 2005 European Championships
Juan Carlos Mesa (1930-2016), Argentine humorist, screenwriter, and director
Liana Mesa Luaces (b. 1977), Cuban thre-time gold and silver medalist volleyball player
Urbelino Mesa Estepa (b. 1971), Columbian professional road cyclist
Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert (b. 1953), former President of Bolivia (2003 to 2005)
Yosniel Mesa (b. 1984), Cuban football forward
... (Another 1 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/
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