Show ContentsTuvia History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Tuvia family

The surname Tuvia was first found in Asturias, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain.

Early History of the Tuvia family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tuvia research. Another 303 words (22 lines of text) covering the years 1370, 1384, 1415, 1465, 1490, 1496, 1540, 1547, 1551, 1596, 1629, 1678, 1723 and 1758 are included under the topic Early Tuvia History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Tuvia Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tovias, Tovar, Tovia, Tuvia and others.

Early Notables of the Tuvia family

Notable bearers of the family name Tuvia was Don Juan de Tovar y Toledo, 3rd Lord of Cevico and Boca de Huérgano and later 1st Lord of Caracena (c.1370-1415), a Castilian nobleman and military leader; Fernando Sánchez de Tovar or Fernán Sánchez de Tovar, 1st Lord of Belves (died 1384), a Castilian soldier and Admiral of the Middle Ages; Sancho de Tovar, 6th Lord of Cevico, Caracena and Boca de Huérgano (c. 1465-1547), a Portuguese nobleman of Castilian birth, best known...
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Migration of the Tuvia family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Alvaro Tovar, who came to Peru in 1555; and Antonio Tovar, who came to Puerto Rico in 1819.


Contemporary Notables of the name Tuvia (post 1700) +

  • Tuvia Bielski (1906-1987), leader of the partisan group the Bielski partisans who were situated in the Naliboków forest


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