Show ContentsDiéguez History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Diéguez Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Etymology of Diéguez

What does the name Diéguez mean?

The distinguished surname Diéguez comes from Spain, a country rich in culture and history. The earliest forms of hereditary surnames in Spain were the patronymic surnames, which are derived from the father's given name, and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the mother's given name. Spanish patronymic names emerged as early as the mid-9th century and the most common patronymic suffix is "ez."

Early Origins of the Diéguez family

The surname Diéguez was first found in Castile, where the name originated in Visigothic times.

Early History of the Diéguez family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Diéguez research. Another 139 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1056 and 1233 are included under the topic Early Diéguez History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Diéguez Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Díaz, Diaz, Didaz, Díez, Diez, Diz and many more.

Early Notables of the Diéguez family

were Gonzalo Didaz, son of a Castilian count, whose name appears in a document dated 921; Asur Díaz, Count of Saldaña in 1056; Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, "El Cid", the legendary hero of the Reconquest; Lope Díaz de Haro, a nobleman of the...
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Diéguez migration to the United States+



Diéguez Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Cayetano Dieguez, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1803 1
  • Santiago Dieguez, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1845 1
  • Angel Dieguez, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1854 1
  • Domingo Dieguez, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Diéguez (post 1700)+

  • Juan Diéguez Olaverri (1813-1866), Guatemalan writer
  • Ramón Encinas Diéguez (b. 1918), local governor in Spain
  1. 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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