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

The surname Zamorano comes from name of the city and province of Zamora, which is located on the Duero in northwest Spain. Because of its strategic position, the city was disputed during the Middle Ages, first between the Christians and Moors, then between the kingdoms of Leon and Castille.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Zamora, Zanora, Zamor, Samora, Zamaura, Zamore and others.

First found in the Basque province of Guipuzcoa, in north western Spain.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Zamorano research. Another 557 words(40 lines of text) covering the years 1770 and 1788 are included under the topic Early Zamorano History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 70 words(5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Zamorano Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Zamorano Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Juan Zamorano, who landed in Espanola in 1811
  • Francisco Zamorano, who landed in America in 1828
  • Fructuoso Zamorano, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1885

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  2. Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
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  4. Colletta, John P. They Came in Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
  5. de Cadenas, Vicente Y Viicent. Heraldic Patronimica Española Y Sus Patronimicos Compuestos. Madrid: Hidalguía, 1976. Print.
  6. Atienza, Julio De Atienza. Español: Diccionario Heraldico De Apellidos Españoles Y De Titulos Nobiliarios. Madrid: Aguilar, 1959. Print.
  7. Diez, Ma Del Carmen Galbis. Catalogo de Pasajeros a Indias Durante los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII Archivo General de Indias Sevilla Volume 6. Murcia, Spain: Ministerio de Cultura, 1986. Print.
  8. Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
  9. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
  10. Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
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The Zamorano Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Zamorano 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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