Gandara History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Early Origins of the Gandara family

The surname Gandara was first found in Navarre, one of the medieval Christian kingdoms of northern Spain.

Early History of the Gandara family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gandara research. Another 220 words (16 lines of text) covering the years 1516, 1523, 1528, 1580 and 1583 are included under the topic Early Gandara History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gandara Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: De La Gardara, Gardara, Garary, Gardary, Gardarry and others.

Early Notables of the Gandara family

Notable bearers of the family name Gandara Juan de Garay (1528-1583), Spanish conquistador, Governor of Asunción (present day Paraguay) and founded a number of cities in Argentina, including...
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Gandara Ranking

In the United States, the name Gandara is the 14,320^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Gandara migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gandara Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Angel Gandara, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1885 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Gandara (post 1700) +

Luisa "Piti" Gándara Menéndez (d. 2023), Puerto Rican politician and wife of former Governor of Puerto Rico Aníbal Acevedo Vilá

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)