Acebedo Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Looking for an Acebedo coat of arms? Arms were granted to families, not to surnames, and our research shows which heraldic tradition fits yours.

What Acebedo means

Seen on a gravestone or a census line, Acebedo usually leads back to Acevedo. The family name meaning is “Holly grove”, the same as for Acevedo.

Only a small detail separates the spellings: Acebedo has “b” where Acevedo has “v”. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. According to the 2010 US Census, the Acebedo surname had 926 bearers. Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 79% of the total. Spanish register data show 918 residents carrying Acebedo as first surname, and 996 as second surname.

Get the complete Acebedo report, with a museum-style coat of arms.