Areas Surname History

Origins Available:
Israel
Spain

The distinguished surname Areas is a Sephardic Jewish name, that is, one that originates in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal). This surname is thought to be derived from the one of personal names Ares, Aria or Arius which were used in the "Romance" countries. Spanish patronymic names emerged as early as the mid-9th century and the most common patronymic suffix is ez. The patronyms were derived from a variety of given names that were of many different origins.

Early History of the Areas family

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Areas Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Arias, Arianiz, Areas, Ares, Ariz, Aris and others.

Early Notables of the Areas family

Prominent among members of the family were Pedro Arias, thirteenth century Castilian nobleman; Benito Arias Montano, sixteenth century Spanish scholar and translator; Juan Arias de Loyola, sixteenth century...
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Areas migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Areas Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Manuela Areas, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 1

Citations +

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)