The Caldeiro Family Name

Search old registers for Caldeiro and you will soon meet Caldeira too. The family name meaning is “Cauldron”, the same as for Caldeira.

Spelling and variants

Caldeiro is listed among the recognised spellings of Caldeira. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Caldeiras.

Caldeiro by the numbers

Spain's INE counts 289 residents with Caldeiro as first surname and 262 with it as second.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Caldeira and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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