Bracamonte History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Italy
Spain

The Spanish Bracamonte surname is said to derive from the name of the French town of Bracquemont, near Dieppe.

Early Origins of the Bracamonte family

The surname Bracamonte was first found in Valladolid, a very important city in Old Castile. The name is said to have come to Spain with Rubin de Bracamonte, a French Admiral, during the reign of "Don Enrique II" or Henry II of Castile (lived 1334-1379). One of the earliest references to this name or to a variant is a record of one Alonso Davalos y Bracamonte, first Count of Miravalle in 1645.

Early History of the Bracamonte family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bracamonte research. Another 40 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1528, 1602, 1614, 1625, 1653, 1654, 1656 and 1687 are included under the topic Early Bracamonte History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bracamonte Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bracamonte, Bracamontes, Bracamont, Bracquemont, Bracquemond and many more.

Early Notables of the Bracamonte family

Prominent among bearers of the Bracamonte family name at this time was

Don Alfonso de Bracamonte, made the Count of Penaranda de Bracamonte in 1602
Bernardino de Meneses Bracamonte, 1st Count de Penalva (c. 1625-1656), a Spanish nobleman and military leader during the Anglo-Spanish War (1654)

Bracamonte Ranking

In the United States, the name Bracamonte is the 11,736^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Bracamonte migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bracamonte Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Francisco Dc Bracamonte, who landed in Peru in 1834 2
Hernando De Bracamonte, who arrived in Peru in 1834 2
Diego De Bracamonte, who arrived in Florida in 1838 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Bracamonte (post 1700) +

Cecilia Bracamonte Chocano, Peruvian singer
Héctor Bracamonte (b. 1979), Argentine football striker

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)