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Early Origins of the Marañon family

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

Early History of the Marañon family

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Marañon Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Maranon, Marano, Marrano and others.

Early Notables of the Marañon family

  • were Maranon from Navarre


Marañon migration to the United States +



Marañon Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Jeronimo Maranon, who arrived in Spanish Main in 1559
  • Esteban de Maranon, who, along with his wife Lucia de Aranda and their children Sancho, Diego and Catalina, who arrived in Peru in 1578
  • Francisco de Maranon, who arrived in Spanish Main in 1597
Marañon Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Basilio Maranon, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1881 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Marañon (post 1700) +

  • Ramón de Pablo Marañón (1938-2025), Spanish footballer, played as a midfielder (1956-1973), appeared in two matches with the Catalonia national football team (1966-1968)
  • Gregorio Maranon (1887-1960), Spanish essayist
  • Alfredo G. Marañon Jr. (1935-2020), Filipino politician from Sagay City who served as Governor of Negros Occidental


  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)


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