Requena History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Spain

The Requena surname is a habitational name, taken on from either Requena in Valencia, or Requena de Campos in Palencia. Both place names are derived from Visigothic compound personal names.

Early Origins of the Requena family

The surname Requena was first found in the city of Renequa in the province of Valencia from which a family took the surname.

Early History of the Requena family

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Requena Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Requena, Requenas, Requenez and others.

Early Notables of the Requena family

Prominent among bearers of the Requena family name at this time was

Francisco Mar¡a Requena born in Guayaquil in 1773...

Requena Ranking

In France, the name Requena is the 7,676^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Requena migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Requena Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Antonio De Requena, who landed in New Spain in 1877 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Requena (post 1700) +

Manuel Requena (1802-1876), American Republican politician, Mayor of Los Angeles, California, 1856 3
Yurema Requena Juarez (b. 1983), Spanish swimmer who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics
Manuel Requena (1802-1876), Yucatán-born Californio politician, Acting Mayor of Los Angeles (1856)
Gladys del Valle Requena (b. 1952), Venezuelan politician, Minister for Women and Gender Equality (2015-2016), Deputy of the National Assembly (2011-2015)
Guto Requena (b. 1979), Brazilian architect and designer from Sorocaba, Brazil
Natacha Peyre Requena, Swedish singer, and glamour model

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html