My family hails from many different parts of Puerto Rico. Listed and mapped below are the towns my family originates from on the island of Puerto Rico throughout the years and the various surnames of both of maternal and paternal side. Notice how my paternal side tends to stick more to the western/central part of the island (with the exception of Toa Alta/Corozal), while my maternal side sticks more to the eastern/northern & southern sides of the island (with the exception of San Sebastián, Quebradillas, and Arecibo). Also included and mapped are the towns of origin from Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Spain. My goal is to ultimately map all of the towns and locations our family has roots in, so I can slowly but surely visit many of these areas. And thanks to Google Maps for making this an easy and creative task!
Maternal Side
Puerto Rican Towns
Arecibo, Ciales, Coamo, Corozal, Manatí, Maunabo, Morovis, Patillas, Quebradillas, Salinas, San Juan, San Sebastián, Toa Alta, Vega Baja, Yabucoa.
Surnames
de Acosta, Alverio, Avilés, Bonilla, Burgos, Calderón, Candosa, Cantos, Chéverez, Collazo, Correa, Cruz, Dávila, Díaz, Delgado, Fernández, Figueroa, Flores, González, Jiménez, Marrero, Martínez, Masantini, de Matos, Meléndez, Mendoza, Miranda, Morán, Muñiz, Nazario, Olivera, de Orgas, Orgas, Orozco, Ortiz, Padilla, Pastrana, Peralta, Pérez, Ramos, Rivera, de Rivera, Rodríguez, de la Rosa, Rosa, Rosado, Ruiz, Sánchez, Sandoval, Santiago, de Santiago, Santos, de los Santos, Soto, de Soto, Valentin, Vera.
Martinican Towns
Rivère Salée
Surnames
Lautin (Lotten)
Guadeloupean Towns
Terre-de-Bas (Les Saintes)
Surnames
Chaleau, Charles, Gustave, Gustavo, Jean-Charles
Spanish Towns
El Puerto de Santa María, Pastrana, San Juan del Puerto
Surnames
Cantos, Dávila, Fernández, García, Miranda, de Orgas, Ramírez, Ruiz, Sandoval, de Serebros
paternal side
Puerto Rican Towns
Adjuntas, Corozal, Lares, Mayagüez, San Juan, San Sebastián, Toa Alta, Utuado, Yauco
Surnames
de Ávila, Avilés, Borrero, Cajigas, Cruz, Dávila, Díaz, del Espíritu Santo, de la Fuente, Fuentes, Gómez, González, Guilarte de Salzar, Hernández, Irizzari, Irizarry, Laureano, de Lepe, López, Lozada, Madera, Maldonado, Magraner, Marrero, Martínez, Meléndez, Medina, Mercado, Miranda, Mojica, Múxica, Montalvo, Moreno, Morell, Nieves, Oliver, Ortiz, Pacheco, Padilla, Pérez, Ramos, del Rincón, Rivera/de Rivera, Rodríguez, Román, Rosado, Santiago, de Santiago, Sepúlveda, Tirado, Torres/ de Torres, Troche, Vásquez, Vázquez, Velásquez, Vélez.
Spanish Towns
Almonte, Chinchón, Sóller (Mallorca)
Surnames
Arbona, Magraner, Maldonado, Mayol, Muntaner, Morell, Oliver, de Torres, Trías
