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Early Origins of the Cisneros family

The surname Cisneros was first found in Murcia, ancient kingdom of Spain near Spain's Mediterranean coast.

Early History of the Cisneros family

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Cisneros Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cisneros, Cisnero, Cisnaros and others.

Early Notables of the Cisneros family

Prominent among members of the family

  • were the Cisneros family of Murcia

Cisneros Ranking

In the United States, the name Cisneros is the 1,254th most popular surname with an estimated 24,870 people with that name. 1


United States Cisneros migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cisneros Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Cristobal De Cisneros who immigrated to Espanola in 1512
  • Juan Cisneros, who arrived in Mexico in 1536
  • Beatriz De Cisneros who arrived in Peru in 1570
  • Francisco Cisneros, who settled in New Spain in 1578
  • Elvira de Gallegos Cisneros, who arrived in New Spain in 1578
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Cisneros Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Cristobal De Cisneros, who arrived in America in 1813 2
  • Alonso De Cisneros, who arrived in America in 1816 2
  • Francisco De Cisneros, who arrived in America in 1827 2
  • Garcia De Cisneros, who landed in Venezuela in 1834 2
  • Jose Cisneros, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1836 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Cisneros Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Andris Cisneros, who landed in Texas in 1911 2
  • Eusebio Cisneros, who landed in Texas in 1911 2
  • Tony Cisneros, who arrived in Texas in 1911 2

West Indies Cisneros 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
Cisneros Settlers in West Indies in the 16th Century
  • Cristobal Cisneros, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1512

Contemporary Notables of the name Cisneros (post 1700) +

  • Lauren Cisneros (b. 1983), American beauty queen
  • Henry Cisneros (b. 1947), American politician and mayor of San Antonio
  • Al Cisneros, American musician
  • Gustavo Alfredo Jiménez de Cisneros y Rendiles (1945-2023), Venezuelan businessman and Chairman of Grupo Cisneros
  • Franklin Cisneros (1983-2023), born as Franklin Amadeo Cisneros Duarte, was a Salvadoran judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category
  • Antonio Alfonso Cisneros Campoy (b. 1942), award-winning Peruvian poet


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. 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)
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies


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