Lares History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

The noble Spanish surname Lares is toponymic in origin, which means that it is derived from the name of the ancestral home of the first person who took the name. The suffix "-es" or "-ez" means "descendant of," and therefore the surname Lares means "descendant of Lare."

Early Origins of the Lares family

The surname Lares was first found in the mountain range situated in the southern province of Badajoz.

Early History of the Lares family

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Lares Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lares, Larez, Lariz, Laredo, Lareze and others.

Early Notables of the Lares family

Notable bearers of the family name Lares

Iidefonso Lares y Maldonado, an officer in the Artillery unit of the Spanish Military in 1809

Lares Ranking

In the United States, the name Lares is the 13,477^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Lares migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lares Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Pedro De Lares, who landed in America in 1813 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Lares (post 1700) +

Martín Lares Gabaldón (b. 1907), Venezuelan medical doctor

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)