Bejar History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Etymology of Bejar

What does the name Bejar mean?

The noble surname Bejar is of Spanish descent, and appears to be of local origin, that is, it belongs to that group of surnames derived from the name of the place where a man once lived or held land. "Bejar" is the name of a Spanish town from the region of Andalucia, in the South of Spain.

Early Origins of the Bejar family

The surname Bejar was first found in the southern region of Spain, in the area which was conquered by the Moors in the 8th century.

Early History of the Bejar family

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Bejar Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bejar, Bejerano and others.

Early Notables of the Bejar family

Notable bearers of the family name Bejar

don Luis Antonio Bejarano y Fernandez de Cordoba, de la casa de Trujillo, who was granted the title of Conde de Villaseñor by Carlos II in 1687

Bejar migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bejar Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Gonzalo De Bejar, who landed in America in 1813 1
Hernando De Bejar, who arrived in America in 1828 1
Ana De Bejar, who arrived in Peru in 1893 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Bejar (post 1700) +

Dan Bejar (b. 1972), Canadian independent singer-songwriter

Sources +

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)