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![Show Contents]() De la vega History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Spain
Early Origins of the De la vega familyThe surname De la vega was first found in Castile, in north central Spain. Early History of the De la vega familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our De la vega research. Another 117 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1503, 1535, 1557, 1562, 1616, 1635, 1776 and 1848 are included under the topic Early De la vega History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. De la vega Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Vega, Vegas, Las Vegas, de la Vega, del la Vega and others. Early Notables of the De la vega familyProminent among members of the family - Garcilaso de la Vega was a Spanish soldier and poet, 1503-36, hero of the battle of Pavia
De la vega RankingIn the United States, the name De la vega is the 15,210th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: De la vega Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Diego DeLaVega, who arrived in Rio de la Plata in 1835 2
- Gaspar DeLaVega, who landed in Guatemala in 1838 2
- Antonio DeLaVega, who landed in Guatemala in 1838 2
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- Francisco Cajigal de la Vega (1695-1777), Spanish military officer, Governor of Cuba from 1747 to 1760
- Cynthia Alejandra de la Vega Oates (b. 1991), Mexican beauty queen and the 2010 Nuestra Belleza Mundo México titleholder
- Jacqueline de la Vega (b. 1960), Mexican show host in Spain and former model
- Sabas Pretelt de la Vega (b. 1946), Colombian economist and businessman, who served as Colombian Minister of the Interior and Justice
- Jorge de la Vega (1930-1971), Argentine painter, graphic artist, draftsman, singer, and songwriter
- Óscar Únzaga de la Vega (1916-1959), Bolivian politician and rebel; he founded the Bolivian Socialist Falange movement in 1937, and ran for President in the 1956 elections
- Luis Ignacio "El Tallarín" de la Vega Leija (1914-1974), Mexican bronze medalist basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Daniel de la Vega (1892-1971), Chilean journalist, poet, playwright, chronicler, and novelist
- Rómulo Díaz de la Vega (1800-1877), Mexican politician, 23rd President of Mexico in 1855
- "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)
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De la vega migration to the United States 
