Vallejo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Vallejo

What does the name Vallejo mean?

The original bearer of the name Vallejo, 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. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Vallejo family lived near a valley. There is also a place-name Valle in Santander, which is in northern Spain. The place-name is derived form the Spanish word valle, the English valley and the French vallee, which all derive from the Latin word vallis.

Early Origins of the Vallejo family

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

Early History of the Vallejo family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vallejo research. Another 70 words (5 lines of text) covering the year 1191 is included under the topic Early Vallejo History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Vallejo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Valle, del Valle, Vallés, Valles, de Valles, Vallecillo, Vallejo, de Vallejo, Vallejos and many more.

Early Notables of the Vallejo family

Prominent among members of the family

seventeenth century Spanish actress María Antonia Vallejo Fernández
nineteenth century Chilean writer José Joaquín Vallejo

Vallejo Ranking

In the United States, the name Vallejo is the 3,236^th most popular surname with an estimated 9,948 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Vallejo is ranked the 8,421^st most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 2

Vallejo migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Vallejo Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Pedro Vallejo, who voyaged to Mexico with the expedition of Hernán Cortés in 1519
García de Vallejo, who sailed to Peru in 1534
Antonio Vallejo, who sailed to Río de la Plata in 1535
Bernaldo de Vallejo, who sailed to Hispaniola in 1565
Catalina Vallejo, who sailed to New Spain in 1579

Vallejo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Lope De Vallejo, who arrived in America in 1810 3
Juan Vallejo, who landed in America in 1814 3
Agustin Vallejo, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1823 3
Pedro De Vallejo, who arrived in America in 1826 3
Miguel Vallejo, who landed in America in 1828 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Vallejo 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. 4

Vallejo Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Bemaldo De Vallejo, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1865 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Vallejo (post 1700) +

Linda Vallejo (b. 1951), Mexican-American artist
Boris Vallejo (b. 1941), Peruvian-born, American painter
Edward Vallejo, American Libertarian politician, Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona, 2008 5
Carlos Amigo Vallejo O.F.M. (1934-2022), Spanish Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Seville in the Roman Catholic Church
Alfonso Rodríguez Vallejo (1943-2021), Spanish playwright, poet, painter and neurologist who published 34 plays and 25 poetry books, awarded the Lope de Vega prize in 1976 for his play "El desgüace"
Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916-2000), Spanish playwright, considered the most important Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Civil War
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807-1890), Californian military commander, politician, and rancher
Demetrio Vallejo (1912-1985), Mexican railroad worker and union activist
César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza (1892-1938), Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist
Camila Antonia Amaranta Vallejo Dowling (b. 1988), Chilean politician, Deputy of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for the 26th district (2014-2018), President of the University of Chile Student Federation (2010-2011)
... (Another 2 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

The Vallejo Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: El que mas vale. No vale tanto como valle vale

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html