Show ContentsVizcaino History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Vizcaino is derived from the name of the province of Vizcaya.

Early Origins of the Vizcaino family

The surname Vizcaino was first found in the Basque province of Vizcaya in the town of Guernica, Spain.

Early History of the Vizcaino family

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Vizcaino Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Vizcarra, Viscarra, Vizcarri and others.

Early Notables of the Vizcaino family

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Vizcaino Ranking

In the United States, the name Vizcaino is the 12,494th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Vizcaino migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Vizcaino Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Andres Vizcaino, who landed in America in 1814 2
  • Juan Vizcaino, who landed in America in 1814 2
  • Juanes Vizcaino, who arrived in America in 1827 2
  • Pedro Vizcaino, who arrived in Cartagena in 1834 2
  • Luis Vizcaino, who landed in Rio de la Plata in 1835 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

West Indies Vizcaino 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
Vizcaino Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century
  • Alonso Vizcaino, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1835 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Vizcaino (post 1700) +

  • Luis Vizcaino, American Democratic Party politician, Member, Credentials Committee, Democratic National Convention, 2008 4


  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)
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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