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Roybal, also spelled Roibal, is a Spanish surname. A surname is a name added to a Given name and is part of a Personal name.

History

The name first appears in documents dating to around 1680. One of the first recorded instances is that of Ignacio Roybal, a soldier who traveled with Don Diego de Vargas to reconquer the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico from the Indians after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras (born in Spain, 1643 – 1704 commonly known as Don Diego de Vargas, was a Spanish Governor Santa Fe ( Navajo: Yootó is the Capital of the state of New Mexico. The' Pueblo Revolt of 1680 or Popé's Rebellion' was an uprising of many Pueblos of the Pueblo people against Spanish colonization of the Americas in Fray Angélico Chávez, a New Mexico historian, is also a descendent of the New Mexico Roybal lineage and was one of the first to trace it. Reverend Fr Fray Angélico Chávez ( April 10 1910 &ndash March 18, 1996) was an American Franciscan Priest Many Roybals trace their ancestry to the New Mexico cities of Santa Fe, Pojoaque, El Rancho, Jacona, to the San Ildefonso Pueblo, where it is shared by Native Americans, and to the historical area of Cuyumungue. Pojoaque ( Tewa: Posunwange, pəˈwɑːki is a Census-designated place (CDP in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States El Rancho is a Census-designated place (CDP in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. San Ildefonso Pueblo ( Tewa: Pohwoge) is a Census-designated place (CDP in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States The name also has history in Southern Colorado, Pecos, New Mexico and Las Vegas, New Mexico. Pecos is a village in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. Las Vegas is a city in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States.

Notable people with the last name Roybal

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