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Early Origins of the Escobar family

The surname Escobar was first found in Andalucia, in southern Spain.

Early History of the Escobar family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Escobar research. Another 78 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1271, 1465, 1472, 1535, 1589 and 1669 are included under the topic Early Escobar History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Escobar Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Escobar, Escobado and others.

Early Notables of the Escobar family

Notable bearers of the family name Escobar

  • Antonio Escobar y Mendoza (1589-1669) Spanish leading ethicist of his time, born at Valladolid in Castile; Pedro de Escobar (c. 1465-1535), a.k.a. Pedro do Porto, a Portuguese composer of the Renaissa...

Escobar Ranking

In the United States, the name Escobar is the 1,105th most popular surname with an estimated 27,357 people with that name. 1


United States Escobar migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Escobar Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Luis de Escobar, who settled in Peru in 1560 with his wife Catalina Hernandez
  • Alonso De Escobar, who immigrated to Cartegena in 1597 with his wife and children
Escobar Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Beatriz Escobar, who arrived in America in 1811 2
  • Alonso De Escobar, who arrived in America in 1811 2
  • Antonio De Escobar, who landed in America in 1811 2
  • Rodrigo De Escobar, who arrived in America in 1812 2
  • Juan De Escobar, who arrived in America in 1816 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Escobar (post 1700) +

  • Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (1949-1993), Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist
  • Gavin Louis Escobar (1991-2022), American NFL football tight end who played for five seasons for the Dallas Cowboys and Baltimore Ravens from 2013 to 2017
  • Yunel Escobar (b. 1982), Cuban-American baseball player
  • Jesús Escobar, American historian
  • Daniel Escobar (1964-2013), American actor
  • Timothy Escobar (b. 1966), American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from California 39th District, 2002, 2004; Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 2004 3
  • Louis P. Escobar, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 2000, 2004 3
  • Juan Manuel Escobar, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Texas State House of Representatives 43rd District; Elected 2004; Elected unopposed 2006 3
  • Sergi Escobar (b. 1974), Spanish cyclist
  • Manuel García "Manolo" Escobar (1931-2013), Spanish singer, actor and presenter
  • ... (Another 45 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. 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)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 30) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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