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Early Origins of the Balboa family

The surname Balboa was first found in Galicia, in the northwestern region of the Iberian peninsula.

Early History of the Balboa family

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Balboa Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Balboa, Balbo, Balboas, Balboan, Balbons, Balb, Balboe and many more.

Early Notables of the Balboa family

Prominent among members of the family

  • the Balboa family of Galicia


United States Balboa migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Balboa Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Inigo Balboa who was listed as a passenger on a ship which arrived in Colombia in 1536
Balboa Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Juan De Balboa, who arrived in America in 1828 1
  • Francisco De Balboa, who arrived in Peru in 1834 1
  • Inigo Balboa, who landed in Columbia in 1836 1
  • Pedro De Balboa, who arrived in New Granada in 1855 1


  1. 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)


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