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The surname Tovia was first found in Asturias, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tovia 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 Tovia History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Tovias, Tovar, Tovia, Tuvia and others.
Notable bearers of the family name Tovia 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...
Another 81 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Tovia Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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.