Saavedra History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Early Origins of the Saavedra family

The surname Saavedra was first found in Castile, in north central Spain.

Early History of the Saavedra family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Saavedra research. Another 123 words (9 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Saavedra History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Saavedra Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Saavedra, Savedra, Savedre and others.

Early Notables of the Saavedra family

Prominent among members of the family

the Saavedra family of Madrid

Saavedra Ranking

In the United States, the name Saavedra is the 2,955^th most popular surname with an estimated 9,948 people with that name. 1

Saavedra migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Saavedra Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Lope De Saavedra who settled in Florida in 1538
Isabel Saavedra who arrived in New Spain in 1562
Maria De Saavedra who immigrated to New Granada in 1590

Saavedra Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Lope De Saavedra, who arrived in Florida in 1838 2
Pedro Saavedra, who arrived in Guatemala in 1838 2
Enrique Saavedra Mantilla who settled in Puerto Rico in 1849
Enrique Saavedra, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1849 2
Agustin Saavedra, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1858 2
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Contemporary Notables of the name Saavedra (post 1700) +

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Spanish writer, author of Don Quixote
Tomás Barrera Saavedra, Spanish composer
Sebastian Saavedra (b. 1990), Colombian racecar driver
Nélson Saavedra (b. 1988), Chilean footballer
Daniel Ortega Saavedra (b. 1945), Nicaraguan politician
Cornelio Saavedra (1761-1829), Argentine soldier and politician
José Vilalta Saavedra (1865-1912), Cuban sculptor, best known as the creator of a statue of José Martí (1905) located in the Parque Central of Havana, Cuba
Agustín Saavedra Weise (1943-2021), Bolivian diplomat and writer, Ambassador to Switzerland and Argentina and ambassador-at-large in several foreign missions and was a foreign minister
Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1880-1959), Argentine statesman and foreign minister, who received the Nobel peace prize in 1936

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)