Show ContentsSalguero History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The mountainous borders of Spain contain the origins of the prestigious surname Salguero. The original bearer of the name Salguero, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The name Salguero is a corruption of the surname Salillas, which is derived from the Germanic word "sal," which means "building" and the diminutive ending "illas." The first bearer of this surname inhabited a large building or fortress, which was the most prominent construction of the town.

Early Origins of the Salguero family

The surname Salguero was first found in Asturias, birthplace of the Reconquest.

Early History of the Salguero family

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Salguero Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Salinas, Salina, Sala, Salas and others.

Early Notables of the Salguero family

Notable bearers of the family name Salguero were Francisco de Salinas (1513-1590), a Spanish music theorist and organist; seventeenth century poet Juan de Salinas; Alonso Jerónimo de Salas Barbadillo, seventeenth century Spanish playwright and novelist; Don Diego Esteban Gómez de Salinas y Rodríguez de Villarroel (1649-1720), the last Spanish Governor of Gibraltar; he held the post when The Rock...
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Salguero Ranking

In the United States, the name Salguero is the 11,456th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]


United States Salguero migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Salguero Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Rodrigo Salguero, who landed in America in 1834 [2]
  • Florencio Salguero, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1877 [2]
  • Pedro Salguero, aged 9, who landed in New Granada in 1879 [2]
  • Diego Salguero, who arrived in Peru in 1892 [2]

Contemporary Notables of the name Salguero (post 1700) +

  • Luis Arturo Swisher Salguero (b. 1978), Guatemalan football defender


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. 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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