Amador History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Amador family

The surname Amador was first found in Tuscany (Italian: Toscana), a region in central Italy. It has nine provinces. Universities are Florence, Pisa and Siena. Home of the Medici they returned to Tuscany in 1530 where they held until 1737. Francis was elected emperor in 1745 and Leopold I succeeded, down to Ferdinand III in 1793. In 1799 it was sacked by a French revolutionary force and remained French until 1847. In 1861 it joined the Kingdom of Italy. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Amador family

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Amador Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Amador, Amados, Amadori, Amadoro, Amatore, Amaturi, Amadorucci, Amadoruzzi, Amadorri, Amadosi, Amadossi and many more.

Early Notables of the Amador family

Prominent among members of the family was

the Amador family of Tuscany

Amador Ranking

In the United States, the name Amador is the 2,898^th most popular surname with an estimated 9,948 people with that name. 1

Amador migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Amador Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Francisco Amador, who arrived in Guatemala in 1538
Simon Amador, who settled in Peru in 1586
Juana Benitez Amador, who arrived in Peru in 1592

Amador Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Francisco Amador, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
Anselmo Amador, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 2
Simon Amador, who arrived in Peru in 1886 2
Juana Benitez Amador, who landed in Peru in 1892 2

Amador 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

Amador Settlers in West Indies in the 16th Century

Juan Amador, who settled in Dominican Republic in 1534

Amador Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Juan Amador, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1834 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Amador (post 1700) +

Gui Amador, American musician from Florida
Augusto Amador, American Democratic Party politician
Eddie Amador, American house music record producer and remixer
Antonio León Amador (b. 1909), Spanish professional association football player
Ramón Amaya Amador (1916-1966), Honduran author
José Santiago Amador (b. 1964), retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia
Agustí Roc Amador (b. 1971), Spanish ski mountaineer and long-distance runner
Pinky Amador, award winning Filipina actress, singer, commercial model and TV host
Santos Amador (b. 1982), Bolivian professional footballer
Ricardo Guajardo Amador (b. 1921), Mexican architect

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