Saldana History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Saldana

What does the name Saldana mean?

The surname Saldana comes from the place name Saldaña, a town and municipality in the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain.

Early Origins of the Saldana family

The surname Saldana was first found in the former Kingdom of Leon, as well as in old Castile. The Saldana family are believed to have descended from Bernardo del Carpio and also Sancho Dias de Saldaña, who was lord of the town of Saldaña and who lived in 870 A.D. A descendant of his, Diego Lopes de Saldaña, son of Fernando Lopes de Saldaña, who was lord of Miranda and Castanar in Castille, was ambassador to Rome for King Henrique IV, King of Castille and Leon (1454-1474). He moved to Portugal, and established a family of that name there. Another branch of the family moved to Andalucia.

Early History of the Saldana family

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Saldana Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Saldaña, Saldana, Zaldaña, Zaldana and others.

Early Notables of the Saldana family

Prominent among bearers of the Saldana family name at this time was Don Manuel de Saldaña y Pineda, who was made Marquis of San Antonio in 1755.António de Saldanha was a Castilian-Portuguese 16th-century captain. He was the first European to set anchor in what is now called Table...
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Saldana Ranking

In the United States, the name Saldana is the 1,982^nd most popular surname with an estimated 14,922 people with that name. 1

Saldana migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Saldana Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Gregorio de Saldana and Francisco de Saldana, who arrived in America in 1517
Hipolito de Saldana, who arrived in Spanish America in 1534
Juan de Saldana, who settled in Peru in 1560
Bartolome de Saldana and his family in Nicaragua settled in America 1561
Juan de Saldana sailed with his family arrived in New Spain in 1577
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Saldana Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Antonio De Saldana, who landed in America in 1817 2
Francisco De Saldana, who arrived in America in 1817 2
Gregorio De Saldana, who landed in America in 1817 2
Jose Saldana, aged 30, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1829 2
A. T. Saldana, aged 50, Spanish settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Mary Jane" in 1829 3
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Saldana Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Espinosa Saldana, aged 18, French settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "La Lorraine" in 1904 3
Matilda Saldana, aged 23, settler from Panama who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Mexico" in 1905 3
Ivan Saldana, aged 32, French settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Buenos Aires" in 1905 3
Rodolfo Saldana, aged 30, Mexican settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Merida" in 1908 3
Arturo Saldana, aged 28, Mexican settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Merida" in 1908 3
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Saldana 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

Saldana Settlers in West Indies in the 18th Century

Abraham Dovall Saldana, who arrived in Jamaica in 1743 2
Solomon Saldana, who landed in Jamaica in 1746 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Saldana (post 1700) +

Nelson Saldana, former American Track Cycling Champion
Todd Saldana, retired American soccer midfielder
Diana Saldaña (b. 1971), former United States magistrate judge in Texas
Joey Saldana (b. 1972), American sprint car racing driver
Joe Saldana (b. 1944), former American driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series
Lori R. Saldaña (b. 1958), American politician
Theresa Saldana (b. 1954), American film and television actress
Zoe Saldana (b. 1978), American actress
Gilbert R. Saldana, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from California 21st District, 1986 5
Isaías Pérez Saldaña (1949-2021), Spanish politician, he served in the Parliament of Andalusia from 1990 to 2008 and was Mayor of Ayamonte from 1991 to 1996
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Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Ellis Island Search retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html