Bejarano History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

The noble surname Bejarano is of Spanish descent, and appears to be of local origin, that is, it belongs to that group of surnames derived from the name of the place where a man once lived or held land. "Bejar" is the name of a Spanish town from the region of Andalucia, in the South of Spain.

Early Origins of the Bejarano family

The surname Bejarano was first found in the southern region of Spain, in the area which was conquered by the Moors in the 8th century.

Early History of the Bejarano family

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Bejarano Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bejar, Bejerano and others.

Early Notables of the Bejarano family

Notable bearers of the family name Bejarano

don Luis Antonio Bejarano y Fernandez de Cordoba, de la casa de Trujillo, who was granted the title of Conde de Villaseñor by Carlos II in 1687

Bejarano Ranking

In the United States, the name Bejarano is the 7,776^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Bejarano migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bejarano Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Pedro Bejarano, who landed in America in 1812 2

Bejarano Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Manuel Y. Bejarano, aged 35, who settled in America, in 1908
Victor Bejarano, aged 24, who landed in America, in 1923
Vicor Bejarano, aged 24, who immigrated to the United States, in 1924
Jose Bejarano, aged 30, who immigrated to the United States, in 1924

Bejarano 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

Bejarano Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Bartotome Bejarano, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1833 2
Diego Bejarano, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1836 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Bejarano (post 1700) +

Rafael Bejarano (b. 1982), Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing
Rafael Guerra Bejarano, Spanish bullfighter, known as "Guerrita"
Francisco Bejarano (b. 1945), Spanish poet
Armando León Bejarano Valadez (1916-2016), Mexican orthopedic surgeon, physician, politician, Governor of Morelos (1976-1982)
Edna Bejarano, German singer
Cristián Bejarano Benítez (b. 1981), Mexican two-time winning bronze medalist boxer
Luz Elena Ruíz Bejarano (b. 1934), Mexican singer, who used the stage name Lucha Villa
Julio Bejarano Lozano (1893-1965), Mexican professor of Medicine

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