Verano (surname)


Verano is a surname of Basque origin.

Meaning

As a word it means "summer" in the Spanish language but as a family name in the Basque language is "a habitational name from a town in Biscay province, Basque Country in Spain."

Origin

It usually applies to the descendants of the Verano family, an old basque noble family originally from Biscay province in Basque Country. It's also connected to two important Italian cities, Camerino and Ferrara, The surname Verano has been found in Camerino from as early as the 13th–16th centuries, first with the title of Vicars of the Holy See. The term Verano may have originated from the Basque "Berano", a name which is popular and common among the residents of those who lived in a town within Biscay Country. A bishop has even been cited from there in 1482.
The surname Verano is distributed between Verano's family in some countries such Spain in the Philippines where substantial numbers of Basques emigrated to, including United States, France, Italy, Malta, and Mexico. In the United States of America, one of the first Veranos to be recorded on fresh immigration records were from Italy and Hawaii. However, since they possessed Italian and Spanish names, it can be concluded that they were descendants of those Spaniards or Europeans who landed on the shores Oceania when there was Colonialism in the islands. There are about 9,102 Documents about Verano Ancestry, 7,223 Birth, Marriage and Deaths and 665 Immigration Records in the USA.

People

In the United States

In the Philippines

In Colombia

In Argentina

In Brazil

In Spain and Gibraltar

  • Miguel Escalona Verano, a Spanish professional footballer.
  • Captain. Adolphus Charles Verano,, he was born in Gibraltar, he was the skipper of the British ship "Endymion" during the Spanish Civil War which torpedoed and sunk in 1938 by a suspected Nationalist submarine of Spain, Adolphus was one of 11 killed. His father Dr. Louis Verano, his grandson was elected as a vice president of Gibraltar, the family name Verano has been shortened to Andlaw & Louis.