Quiroga History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Quiroga family

The surname Quiroga was first found in Messina (Sicilian: Missina; Latin: Messana), capital of the Italian province of Messina. Its history begins in 397 B.C. After a checkered history the Saracens took it in 831, and the Normans in 1061. It was host to the crusaders in 1190. Garibaldi landed in 1860 and it was the last city to be made a part of united Italy. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry. The family were originally a noble family from Spain at Duegnas. The heads of this family in Spain in 1660 were the Marques de Quintana del Marco of Galicia and the Marques de Quintana de las Torres, a Caballero of Calatrava.

Early History of the Quiroga family

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Quiroga Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Quintana, Quintano, Quintanna, Quintanni, Quinta, Quinto, De Quinta and many more.

Early Notables of the Quiroga family

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Quiroga Ranking

In the United States, the name Quiroga is the 11,167^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in South America, the name Quiroga is ranked the 69^th most popular surname with an estimated 66 people with that name. 2

Quiroga migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Quiroga Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Juan De Quiroga, who landed in America in 1827 3
Roque Antonio Quiroga, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1858 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Quiroga (post 1700) +

Yvette Quiroga, American first female Latina mayor of Mendota
Robert Anthony Quiroga (b. 1982), former American football wide receiver
Robert Quiroga (1969-2004), American International Boxing Federation Super flyweight champion from 1990 to 1993
Vera Quiroga, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1968 4
Yolanda Quiroga, Colombian sound manager of the Municipality of Bragado
Arantza Quiroga Cía (b. 1973), Spanish politician, president of the Basque Parliament (2009-2012)
Rodrigo Daniel Quiroga (b. 1987), Argentine volleyball player
Manuel López- Quiroga Miquel (1899-1988), better known as Maestro Quiroga, Spanish composer especially known for his coplas, cuplés, and zarzuelas
Ramón Quiroga Arancibia (b. 1950), Argentine former football player and coach
Raúl Nicolás Quiroga (b. 1962), Argentine volleyball player who won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics
... (Another 8 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"List of most common surnames in South America." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_common_surnames_in_South_America
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 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html