Palomares History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Palomares

What does the name Palomares mean?

The Spanish name is derived from the Spanish term palomares which literally means dovecoates, a free-standing structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Both birds were an important food source historically in the Middle East and Europe. The following villages are found in Spain: Palomares, Almería; Palomares del Río, Seville; Palomares del Campo, Cuenca; and Palomares de Béjar, Salamanca.

Early Origins of the Palomares family

The surname Palomares was first found in Andalucia, in southern Spain where they held a family seat.

Early History of the Palomares family

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Palomares Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Paloma, Palloma, Palama, Palomares, Palomar, Palomer, Palomaro, Pallomar and many more.

Early Notables of the Palomares family

the Palomares family of Andalucia

Palomares Ranking

the United States, the name Palomares is the 10,319^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Palomares migration to the United States +

Palomares Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Alonso De Palomares, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1834 2

Palomares Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Francisco Palomares, aged 17, German settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Konigin Luise" in 1905 3
Joaquin Palomares, aged 40, settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "New York" in 1907 3
Ignacius Palomares, aged 22, Spanish settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Kronprinz Wilhelm" in 1911 3
Joaquin Palomares, aged 39, Spanish settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Chicago" in 1916 3
Francisca Palomares, aged 15, Cuban settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Manuel Calvo" in 1917 3
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Contemporary Notables of the name Palomares (post 1700) +

Francisco Guerrero y Palomares (1811-1851), Californio politician and ranchero, 3rd and 6th Alcalde of San Francisco; he was notoriously murdered in 1851 in a scandal involving American prospectors seeking to discredit land claims of Californios
Robert Keith Palomares (1980-2004), American armored car guard who was shot and killed outside a movie theater during an armed robbery in Phoenix, Arizona on November 29, 2004
Yolanda Merelo Palomares, Spanish politician, Member of the Assembly of Ceuta and a designated Senator for the Vox party
Marco Antonio Rito Palomares (b. 1966), Mexican biochemist and chemical engineer
Gabino Palomares Gómez (b. 1950), Mexican singer-songwriter and a social and political activist
Simon Palomares, German-born, Australian comedian and actor of Spanish descent, best known for his character as cafe manager Ricardo "Ricky" Martinez in Acropolis Now
Emmanuel Palomares (b. 1990), Venezuelan television actor and model
David Ramón Sánchez Palomares (1935-2016), Venezuelan poet, born in Escuque, recipient of the 1975 National Prize for Literature, the 2006 Víctor Valera Mora International Prize for Poetry and the 2010 Ibero-America Award for Literature

Sources +

"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)
Ellis Island Search retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result