Calderón History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The surname Calderón was brought to England in the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name is derived from the Old French "chalderonnier" or "cauderonnier," meaning "a maker of cauldrons."

Early Origins of the Calderón family

The surname Calderón was first found in Yorkshire, where the Calderón family held a seat from ancient times, having been granted the land by William of Normandy for assisting in the Conquest of 1066. The first known bearer of the name was Stephen Caldron, who was recorded in Yorkshire in 1289.

Early History of the Calderón family

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Calderón Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Calderón has appeared include Calderon, Calderone, Cauldron, Cawdron, Coldron, Caldron and many more.

Early Notables of the Calderón family

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Calderón Ranking

In the United States, the name Calderón is the 864^th most popular surname with an estimated 34,818 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Calderón is ranked the 8,521^st most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 2

Calderón migration to the United States +

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Calderón arrived in North America very early:

Calderón Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Alonso Calderón, who immigrated to America in 1513
Juan Calderón, who settled in Hispaniola in 1536
Pedro Calderón, went to Guatemala in 1538
Bartolomé Calderón, who settled in Florida in 1538
Gabriel Calderón, with his wife María and daughters Catalina, Elena, María and Francisca, to Peru in 1592

Calderón Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John R. Calderon, who settled in Philadelphia in 1809
Anton Calderon, who arrived in America in 1812 3
Alonso Calderon, who arrived in America in 1813 3
Hernando Calderon, who landed in America in 1814 3
Socorro Calderon, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1816 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Calderón migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 4

Calderón Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Diego Calderon, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1835 3
Juan Calderon, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1836 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Calderón (post 1700) +

Sergio Calderón (1945-2023), Mexican-born American actor, known for his roles in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Men in Black, and The Ruins
Charles M. Calderon (b. 1950), American politician, California State Senator from California's 58th Senate District
Ronald Steven Calderon (b. 1957), American politician, California State Senator from California's 30th Senate District
Gaspar de la Vega y Calderón, American politician, Honorary Consul for Cuba at Norfolk, Virginia, 1909 5
Erick Stalin Morillo Calderón (2000-2023), Peruvian footballer who played as a right-back
Cristina Calderón Harban (1928-2022), Chilean ethnographer, craftswoman, writer and cultural activist who was the last living full-blooded Yaghan
Ricardo Arias Calderón (1933-2017), Panamanian politician, 1st Vice President of Panama (1990-1992)
Antonio Troyo Calderón (1923-2015), Costa Rican Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Hospital Apprentice First Class Alberto Pedro Calderón (1920-1998), Argentine mathematician widely considered as one of the 20th century's most important mathematicians
Philip Hermogenes Calderon (1833-1898), British painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style
... (Another 2 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html