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Where did the Spanish Vallejos family come from? What is the Spanish Vallejos family crest and coat of arms? When did the Vallejos family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Vallejos family history?

The original bearer of the name Vallejos, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Vallejos family lived near a valley. There is also a place-name Valle in Santander, which is in northern Spain. The place-name is derived form the Spanish word valle, the English valley and the French vallee, which all derive from the Latin word vallis.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Valle, del Valle, Vallés, Valles, de Valles, Vallecillo, Vallejo, de Vallejo, Vallejos and many more.

First found in Castile, in north central Spain.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vallejos research. Another 373 words(27 lines of text) covering the year 1191 is included under the topic Early Vallejos History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 105 words(8 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Vallejos Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Pedro Vallejo, who voyaged to Mexico with the expedition of Hernán Cortés in 1519. Other early migrants to the New World included Alonso del Valle, who sailed to America in 1509.

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  • Ricardo Paul Vallejos, marketing executive


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  6. Domínguez, C. Hispano de Apellidos y Blasones. 4 Vols. 2001. Print.
  7. Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
  8. Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
  9. Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  10. Carr, Raymond. Spain, 1808-1975. 2nd Ed. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Print. (ISBN 978-0198221272).
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The Vallejos Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Vallejos Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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