Barnaba History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The enchanting region of Bourgogne was the historical homeland of the prominent surname Barnaba. Barnaba is a topographic surname, which is a type of hereditary surname. These were given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came.

Early Origins of the Barnaba family

The surname Barnaba was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France.

Early History of the Barnaba family

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Barnaba Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Barnabe, Barnabé, Barnaba, Barnabaud and others.

Early Notables of the Barnaba family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

the abbey Jean-Claude Barnabaud, parist priest of Vielverge at the Dijon diocese at the time the Revolution broke out...

Migration of the Barnaba family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 50 individuals who arrived from France onto Canadian shores between 1600 and 1900. Among them, René Barnabé, born in 1671 in Port Royal, Quebec, is cited at his marriage in 1695 and at his death in 1752. An Acadian Barnabe family is cited in Minas, Nova Scotia in 1700.

Contemporary Notables of the name Barnaba (post 1700) +

Antoni Barnaba Jablonowski (1732-1799), Polish nobleman and political activist, Knight of the Order of the White Eagle in 1761