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Figueroa History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Spain

The Galician/Portuguese name Figueroa is equivalent in Spanish to "fig tree" and is derived from the Latin word "ficus" which denotes "fig" or "fig tree." By extension, it may be a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of figs.

However, some noted authors believe that Figueroa is originally from Galicia, while others claim that Figueroa comes from Portugal. In both places, the name is very old and their noble families used the same coat of arms.

Early Origins of the Figueroa family

The surname Figueroa was first found in Galicia, in the northwestern region of Spain. From Galicia some of the family went to León and Asturias.

Early History of the Figueroa family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Figueroa research. Another 163 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1139, 1277 and 1652 are included under the topic Early Figueroa History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Figueroa Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Figueroa, de Figueroa, Figuera, Figueras, Figueres, Figuero, Figueros, Figueredo, de Figueredo, Figuerola, Figarola, Higuera, de la Higuera, Higueras, de las Higueras, Higuero and many more.

Early Notables of the Figueroa family

Notable bearers of the family name Figueroa

were sixteenth century Spanish general Lope de Figueroa
seventeenth century Spanish poet Francisco de Figueroa
seventeenth century Jesuit missionary and linguist Jerónimo Figueroa, who worked all his life among the indigenous peoples of Mexico
seventeenth century Spanish actor Roque de Figueroa
seventeenth century Spanish poets, brothers Diego and José Figueroa y Córdoba

Figueroa Ranking

In the United States, the name Figueroa is the 471^st most popular surname with an estimated 59,688 people with that name. 1 However, in South America, the name Figueroa is ranked the 84^th most popular surname with an estimated 56 people with that name. 2

Figueroa migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Figueroa Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Alonso de Figueroa, who settled in America in 1516
Sancho de Figueroa, who settled in America in 1527
Gonzalo de Figueroa, who settled in America in 1528
Bartolomé de Figueroa, who settled in Hispaniola in 1534
Cristóbal de Figueroa, who settled in the Spanish Main in 1534
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Figueroa Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Alonso de Figueroa, an officer who voyaged to America early in the seventeenth century, journeyed to Peru and Chile, where he was named Governor, and he later became Governor of Bogota and died in 1652

Figueroa Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Alonso De Figueroa, who landed in America in 1816 3
Diego De Figueroa, who arrived in America in 1816 3
Sancho De Figueroa, who arrived in America in 1827 3
Gonzalo De Figueroa, who landed in America in 1828 3
Melchor De Figueroa, who landed in Cartagena in 1834 3
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Figueroa 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. 4

Figueroa Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Bartolome De Figueroa, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1834 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Figueroa (post 1700) +

Pedro de Castro y Figueroa (1685-1741), Spanish viceroy of New Spain (1740 to 1741)
Francisco de Figueroa (1530-1588), Spanish poet
Óscar Figueroa (b. 1983), Colombian weightlifter and silver medalist
Miguel Figueroa (b. 1953), Canadian politician, head of the Communist Party of Canada
Maynor Figueroa (b. 1983), Honduran footballer
Juan Figueroa, president of Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut
José Figueroa Alcorta (1860-1931), President of Argentina (1906 to 1910)
Francisco Acuña de Figueroa (1790-1862), Uruguayan poet
Fernando Figueroa (1849-1919), President of El Salvador 1907–1911
Federico Brito Figueroa (1921-2000), Venezuelan historian and anthropologist
... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Figueroa family +

St. Francis Dam

Mrs. Senora Figueroa, American resident in Santa Clarita killed when the St. Francis Dam failed and flooded the area in 1928

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"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