| ![Show Contents]() Borrego History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Spain The surname Borrego is of local origin, being one of those surnames based on the name of a place where a man once lived or where he once owned land. The Spanish word "borrego" means "lamb," and the toponym may have indicated a place where lambs grazed. Early Origins of the Borrego familyThe surname Borrego was first found in the kingdom of Galicia, in the northwestern region of the Iberian peninsula. Early History of the Borrego familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Borrego research. Another 93 words (7 lines of text) covering the year 1771 is included under the topic Early Borrego History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Borrego Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Borrega, Borregos, Boregas, Borrégo and others. Early Notables of the Borrego familyProminent among bearers of the Borrego family name at this time was - Antonio Borrego a distinguished Spanish painter from the seventeenth century, and Tomás de Borrego, a Spanish Jesuist missionary
Borrego RankingIn the United States, the name Borrego is the 4,502nd most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1
 Borrego migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Borrego Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Gaspar Borrego, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 2
- Juan Borrego, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860 2
Borrego Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Jose V. Borrego, aged 21, who arrived in New York City, New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Crawl Keys" from Havana, Cuba 3
- Rogelio Borrego, aged 53, originally from Mayalde, Spain, who arrived in New York, New York in 1920 aboard the ship "Manchuria" from Vigo, Spain 3
| Contemporary Notables of the name Borrego (post 1700) | + |
- Jesse Borrego (b. 1962), American actor
- Miguel Borrego (b. 1971), Spanish violinist
- Francisco José 'Paco' Borrego Campos (b. 1986), Spanish footballer
- Diego Borrego (b. 1972), Spanish, professional golfer
- Salvador Borrego Escalante (1915-2018), Mexican journalist and historical revisionist writer
- Orlando Borrego (b. 1936), Cuban economist, writer and former guerrilla
- Carla Borrego (b. 1983), Jamaican international basketball and netball player
- Jorge Luis Borrego (b. 1959), Cuban singer and songwriter
- Fernando Borrego Linares (1955-2002), Cuban singer, who used the stage name Polo Montañez
- "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)
- Ellis Island Search retrieved 15th November 2022. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result
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Borrego migration to the United States 
