Fragoso History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

Early Origins of the Fragoso family

The surname Fragoso was first found in Cremona a city in Lombardy, capital of the province of Cremona. Founded by the Romans in 218 it has a checkered history. Virgil studied here. The finest building is the cathedral in the Lombard Romanesque style. It was started in 1107. There are many frescos from the 16th century. It was Austrian in 1814, but became a part of Italy in 1859. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Fragoso family

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Fragoso Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fraguela, Fraguier, Frager, Fragerolle, Fraganeschi, Fraggiani, Fragonard, Fraguier, Fragon and many more.

Early Notables of the Fragoso family

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Fragoso Ranking

In the United States, the name Fragoso is the 13,063^rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Fragoso migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fragoso Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Fernando Fragoso, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1888 2

Citations +

"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)