Show ContentsVizcarra History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Vizcarra is derived from the name of the province of Vizcaya.

Early Origins of the Vizcarra family

The surname Vizcarra was first found in the Basque province of Vizcaya in the town of Guernica, Spain.

Early History of the Vizcarra family

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Vizcarra Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Vizcarra, Viscarra, Vizcarri and others.

Early Notables of the Vizcarra family

Prominent among bearers of the family name at this time was

  • Pedro de Vizcarra, who was Captain General and Senior Justicia of the kingdom of Chile in the 16th century, and Don Francisco de Vizcarra, who was created the Marquis of Panuco in 1772

Vizcarra Ranking

In the United States, the name Vizcarra is the 14,155th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Vizcarra family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: A. Lago Viscarri, who arrived in New Orleans in 1829; and the de Vizcarra family, who had settled in Mexico much earlier.


Contemporary Notables of the name Vizcarra (post 1700) +

  • Judith Vizcarra, Spanish photographer
  • Manuel Vizcarra, Mexican jurist and founder of the city Mexicali, now the state capital of the state of Baja California (Mexico)
  • José Antonio Vizcarra, also spelt Viscarra, a Mexican soldier and politician, Governor of New Mexico from 1822 to 1823; he was to first to record the ruins of Chaco Canyon in 1823
  • José Vizcarra (b. 1984), Argentine football striker
  • Joan Vizcarra Carreras (b. 1967), Spanish cartoonist


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/


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