Botello History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Portugal
Spain

There are two possible etymologies for the Portuguese name Botello. First of all, the suffix '-elho' is frequently associated with Portuguese placenames. In this case, the surname Botello is most commonly associated with the region of Aguiar, a small town of Portugal on the north east of Beira. Manuel de Sousa da Silva, the noted genealogist, wrote of the Botello family in this area: 'De Aguiar no Concelho, Ha o logar de Bolteho, Dos Botelho a primeira, Casa do Portugal velho' (In Aguiar and Convelho, are the lands of Botelho, the Botelho family are one of the oldest and noblest families in Portugal.)

Alternatively the name could have been an occupational name for a gatherer of kelp or seaweed. The Botello surname is thought to be associated with the Portuguese word 'bo' which means 'landed property'. Therefore, the initial bearer of this surname appears to have been noted for the vast amount of land that he owned.

Early Origins of the Botello family

The surname Botello was first found in the region of Aguiar, a small town of Portugal on the north east of Beira. Today, Botelhos (the plural form of the name) is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.

Early History of the Botello family

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Botello Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Botelho, Bolteho, Botella, Botello, and others.

Early Notables of the Botello family

Prominent members of the family include Diogo Botelho Pereira, a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman, colonial official, navigator and cartographer. He undertook a daring voyage by sea from India back to Portugal aboard a fusta, a narrow, light and fast ship with shallow draft, powered by both oars and sail.Marquise de Souza-Botelho, Adélaide Filleul (1761-1836), French writer, was born in Paris on the 14th of May 1761. Her mother, Marie Irène Catherine de Buisson, daughter of the seigneur of Longpré, near Falaise, married a bourgeois of that town named Filleul. It was reported, though no proof is forthcoming...
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Botello Ranking

In the United States, the name Botello is the 5,169^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Botello migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Botello Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Alonso Botello who settled in Florida in 1538

Botello Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Francisco Botello, who landed in America in 1814 2
Francisco Botello, who immigrated to Puerto Rico
Alonso De Botello, who landed in Florida in 1838 2
Hernando Botello, who arrived in America in 1838 2
Juan Botello, who landed in Florida in 1838 2
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Contemporary Notables of the name Botello (post 1700) +

Jose Botello (b. 1976), retired American soccer player
Kate Botello, former American television personality
Trinidad Botello, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate in primary for Texas State House of Representatives 34th District, 1996 3
Ángel Botello (1913-1986), Spanish-Puerto Rican painter, sculptor and graphic artist
Angel Botello (b. 1986), Spanish Painter and sculptor

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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html