Mejias History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Early Origins of the Mejias family

The surname Mejias was first found in Galicia, in northwestern Spain.

Early History of the Mejias family

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Mejias Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mejia, Mejias, Megia, Megias, Mashia, Mashiach and others.

Early Notables of the Mejias family (pre 1700)

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Mejias Ranking

In the United States, the name Mejias is the 7,954^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]

Mejias migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mejias Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Felipe Aptnio Mejias, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1887 [2]

Mejias Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Alfredo Mejias, aged 30, who immigrated to America from Havana, Cuba, in 1904
Casiano Mejias, aged 22, who settled in America from Elanchove, Vizcaya, Spain, in 1907
Elias Mejias, aged 29, who immigrated to the United States from Liverpool, England, in 1910
Nicodnedes Mejias, aged 16, who landed in America from Liverpool, England, in 1910
Juana Mejias, aged 23, who landed in America from Barcelona, Spain, in 1913
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Contemporary Notables of the name Mejias (post 1700) +

David L. "Dave" Mejias, American politician
Samuel Elías Mejias (b. 1952), retired Cuban-born American Major League Baseball outfielder
David L. Mejias, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2008 [3]
Javier Mejias Leal (b. 1983), Spanish professional road bicycle racer
Octavio Antonio Mejias Hernández (b. 1982), Venezuelan two-time bronze medalist weightlifter

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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html