Vaca History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Early Origins of the Vaca family

The surname Vaca was first found in Granada, in southern Spain.

Early History of the Vaca family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vaca research. Another 82 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1490 and 1527 are included under the topic Early Vaca History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Vaca Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Vaca, Vacara, Vacca, Vaccari, Vaccaro, Vacaro and many more.

Early Notables of the Vaca family

Prominent among members of the family

was the Vaca of Granada...
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was born in 1490 of Spanish nobility...

Vaca Ranking

In the United States, the name Vaca is the 7,113^rd most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Vaca migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Vaca Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Pedro Vaca, who sailed to America in 1528
Luis Vaca, who sailed to Peru in 1534
Antonio Vaca who immigrated to San Juan Island in 1534
Juan Vaca, who sailed to Colombia in 1536
Cristóbal Vaca de Castro, who journeyed to Peru in 1540 to mediate a dispute between Pizarro and Almagro. In 1542 he organized an expedition to the south, towards Río de la Plata. He later returned to Spain, where he died around 1566
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Vaca Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Juan Vaca, who landed in America in 1826 2
Pedro Vaca, who landed in America in 1828 2
Luis Vaca, who arrived in Peru in 1834 2
Antonio Vaca, who arrived in San Juan Island in 1834 2
Cristobal Vaca, who landed in Cartagena in 1835 2
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Vaca migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 3

Vaca Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Domingo Vaca, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1835 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Vaca (post 1700) +

Piraí Vaca, Bolivian classical guitarist
Joselito Vaca (b. 1984), Bolivian footballer
Jorge Vaca (b. 1959), Mexican boxer
Edder Vaca (b. 1985), Ecuadorian footballer
Doyle Vaca (b. 1979), Bolivian footballer
Danny Vaca (b. 1990), Ecuadorian footballer
Elson Evelio Becerra Vaca, Colombian footballer
Diodoro Vaca González, Spanish historian
Hormando Vaca Diez (b. 1949), Bolivian politician, President of the upper house (Senate) of the Bolivian National Congress

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)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies