Marmolejo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

The noble Spanish surname Marmolejo is topographic origin, and therefore is derived from a geographic or man-made feature near which the original bearer lived or held land. In this instance, the surname Marmolejo is derived from the Spanish word "marmol," meaning "marble." Thus, the surname Marmolejo signifies "one who lived near a place where marmol was quarried."

Early Origins of the Marmolejo family

The surname Marmolejo was first found in the southern region of Andalusia, near Seville.

Early History of the Marmolejo family

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Marmolejo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Marmoleja, Marmol, Marmola, Marmolejo and others.

Early Notables of the Marmolejo family

Notable bearers of the family name Marmolejo

include Rodrigo González de Marmolejo (1487-1564), a Roman Catholic prelate, the first Bishop of Santiago de Chile (1561-1564)

Marmolejo Ranking

In the United States, the name Marmolejo is the 12,005^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Marmolejo migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Marmolejo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Pedro Marmolejo, who landed in America in 1816 2
Alonso Marmolejo, who arrived in New Spain in 1851 2
Francisco Marmolejo, who arrived in New Spain in 1875 2

Marmolejo Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

George Marmolejo, aged 53, arrived in New York in 1920 aboard the ship "Dungannon" from Mata Redonda, Mexico 3
Elena Marmolejo, aged 35, originally from Mexico, arrived in New York, New York in 1923 aboard the ship "Mexico" from Vera Cruz, Mexico 3

Marmolejo 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. 4

Marmolejo Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Andres Marmolejo, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1836 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Marmolejo (post 1700) +

Tania Marmolejo (b. 1975), Dominican born, Swedish American painter
Ricardo Marmolejo Álvarez (b. 1954), Mexican silver and bronze Pan American Games medalist swimmer
Marina Garcia Marmolejo (b. 1971), born Marina Garcia, Mexican-born, American jurist, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2011-)
Francisco Marmolejo Mancilla (b. 1988), Spanish footballer
Nelson Díaz Marmolejo (b. 1942), Uruguayan football defender who played for Uruguay in the 1966 FIFA World Cup
Francisco Marmolejo (b. 1961), Mexican educational administrator, Tertiary Education Coordinator and Lead Tertiary Education Specialist of the World Bank
Cirilo Marmolejo (1890-1960), Mexican folk musician
Libys Marmolejo (b. 1992), Colombian volleyball player, member of the Columbia National Team in 2015
Adriana Rebeca Marmolejo Vargas (b. 1982), Mexican gold, three-rime silver and bronze medalist swimmer
Ricardo Marmolejo Álvarez (b. 1954), Mexican silver and bronze medalist swimmer in the 1970s, father of Adriana Marmolejo

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)
Ellis Island Search retrieved 15th November 2022. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies