Guerrero History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Etymology of Guerrero

What does the name Guerrero mean?

From the historical and enchanting region of Spain emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished Guerrero family. Originally, the Spanish people were known only by a single name. The process by which hereditary surnames were adopted in Spain is extremely interesting. Surnames evolved during the Middle Ages when people began to assume an extra name to avoid confusion and to further identify themselves. Often they adopted names that were derived from nicknames. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name.

Early Origins of the Guerrero family

The surname Guerrero was first found in Castile, prominent among the Christian kingdoms of medieval Spain.

Early History of the Guerrero family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Guerrero research. Another 96 words (7 lines of text) covering the year 1134 is included under the topic Early Guerrero History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Guerrero Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Guerra, de Guerra, Guerro, Guerrero, Guerrera and others.

Early Notables of the Guerrero family

Prominent among members of the family

were sixteenth century Spanish composer Francisco Guerrero
nineteenth century Philippine botanist León María Guerrero
nineteenth century Mexican military officer Vicente Guerrero
nineteenth century Spanish novelist Teodoro Guerrero y Pallarés

Guerrero Ranking

In the United States, the name Guerrero is the 410^th most popular surname with an estimated 67,149 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Guerrero is ranked the 2,786^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 2

Guerrero migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Guerrero Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Pedro Guerrero, who settled in Venezuela in 1534
Francisco Guerrero, voyaged to Río de la Plata in 1535
Juan Guerrero, voyaged to Florida in 1538
Lobo Guerrero, traveled to Mexico in 1581

Guerrero Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Jose Guerrero, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1803 3
Antonio Guerrero, aged 13, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1803 3
Rodrigo Guerrero, who landed in America in 1811 3
Pedro Guerrero, who arrived in America in 1813 3
Mejia Guerrero, who landed in America in 1813 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Guerrero (post 1700) +

Salvador Guerrero Sr. (1949-2017), better known as Chavo Guerrero, American professional wrestler (NWA, AWA, WWE)
Evelyn Guerrero (b. 1949), American actress
Pedro E. Guerrero (b. 1917), American photographer
Frederick Peters De Leon Guerrero, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Northern Mariana Islands Territory, 2008 4
Francisco Quitugua De Leon Guerrero, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Northern Mariana Islands Territory, 2008 4
Jacinto Guerrero (1895-1951), Spanish composer
María Guerrero (1867-1928), Spanish theatre actor, producer, and director
Mario Miguel Guerrero Abud (1949-2023), Dominican Major League Baseball shortstop who played for four teams in an eight-year career from 1973 to 1980
Ramon "Kumoi" Santos Deleon Guerrero (1946-2018), Northern Mariana Islands politician
Vladimir Guerrero (b. 1975), Dominican former professional baseball player for the Montreal Expos and others, inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018
... (Another 3 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Guerrero family +

USS Indianapolis

John Gomez Guerrero, American crew member on board the ship "USS Indianapolis" when she was on a top secret trip for the first nuclear weapon, she was sunk by Japanese Navy on 30th July 1945, he was one of the many who were killed in the sinking due to exposure, dehydration, saltwater poisoning and shark attacks 5

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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Final Crew List, retrieved 2021, October 30th Retrieved from https://www.ussindianapolis.com/final-crew