Gamboa History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Gamboa family

The surname Gamboa was first found in the Basque region of northern Spain.

Important Dates for the Gamboa family

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Gamboa Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gamboa, de Gamboa and others.

Early Notables of the Gamboa family (pre 1700)

Prominent among bearers of the family name at this time was Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532-1592), Spanish explorer, author, historian and astronomer, believed to have been born in Galicia...
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Gamboa migration to the United States

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gamboa Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

• Antonio de Gamboa, who sailed to America in 1510
• Rodrigo de Gamboa, who sailed to America in 1526
• Pedro de Gamboa, who sailed to Hispaniola in 1535
• Andrés de Gamboa, who sailed to New Spain in 1538
• Francisco de Gamboa, who sailed to Honduras in 1575

Gamboa Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Antonio De Gamboa, who landed in America in 1810 ^[1]
• Antonio Gamboa, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1865 ^[1]
• Francisco De Gamboa, who arrived in Honduras in 1875 ^[1]

Gamboa Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• Alfredo H. Gamboa, aged 29, who landed in America from Merida, Mexico, in 1910
• Barbara Gamboa, aged 10, who landed in America from Sunbilla, Spain, in 1910
• Clotilde Gamboa, aged 55, who landed in America from Panama City, Panama, in 1914
• Augusto Gamboa, aged 35, who immigrated to America from Yucatan, Mexico, in 1917
• Ceferino Gamboa, aged 38, who landed in America from Merida, Mexico, in 1919
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Contemporary Notables of the name Gamboa (post 1700)

• Hernan Gamboa (1946-2016), Venezuelan musician, composer and singer
• Santiago Gamboa (b. 1965), Colombian writer
• Julio Gamboa (b. 1971), Nicaraguan lightweight boxer
• Helen Gamboa -Sotto (b. 1948), Filipina actress and singer
• Harry Gamboa Jr. (b. 1951), Chicano essayist, photographer and director
• John Ross "Joross" Sanchez Gamboa (b. 1984), Filipino actor
• Cristian Gamboa Luna (b. 1989), Costa Rican footballer
• Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (b. 1981), Cuban Olympic boxer
• José Joaquín Gamboa, Mexican dramatist and diplomat
• Federico Gamboa, Mexican novelist and playwright

Citations

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)