Show ContentsJaramillo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Jaramillo may be derived from the word "jaro" meaning "thicket."

Early Origins of the Jaramillo family

The surname Jaramillo was first found in Corella, in the northern region of Navarre.

Early History of the Jaramillo family

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Jaramillo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Jaramillo, Jaramilla and others.

Early Notables of the Jaramillo family

Prominent among bearers of the family name at this time was

  • the Jaramillo family of Corella, and Juan de Jaramillo, a famous conquistador, who married Doña Marina, a native Mexican princess given to Cortes' Spanish forces in 1519

Jaramillo Ranking

In the United States, the name Jaramillo is the 1,498th most popular surname with an estimated 19,896 people with that name. 1


United States Jaramillo migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Jaramillo Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Garcia Jaramillo and his sister Isabel Jaramillo, who settled in Peru in 1561
  • Garcia Jaramillo, who settled in Colombia in 1567
  • Hernando Jaramillo and his family, who immigrated to New Spain in 1571
  • Alonso Jaramillo, who settled in New Granada in 1579
Jaramillo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Alonso Jaramillo, who arrived in New Granada in 1879 2
  • Catalina Jaramillo, who landed in Peru in 1892 2
  • Hernando Jaramillo, who landed in Peru in 1892 2
  • Juan Jaramillo, who arrived in Peru in 1892 2
Jaramillo Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Gavino Jaramillo, who arrived in Texas in 1910 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Jaramillo (post 1700) +

  • Rudy Jaramillo (b. 1950), American hitting coach with the Texas Rangers
  • Robert Jaramillo, member of the 1960's Mexican-American band "Cannibal & the Headhunters"
  • Jason Cory Jaramillo (b. 1982), American catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball
  • Fabio Duque Jaramillo (1950-2022), Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Armenia, Colombia, from 2003 to 2012
  • Julio Jaramillo (1935-1978), Ecuadorian guitar player and singer and a national hero
  • Virginia Jaramillo Flores, Mexican politician affiliated to the Party of the Democratic Revolution
  • Rebecca Jaramillo McCullough, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 2008 3


  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 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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