Find out how popular the last name Acevedo is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Acevedo.

Acevedo, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Acevedo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Acevedo in America

Acevedo is the 665th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Acevedo surname appeared 51,351 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 17 people would have the surname Acevedo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Acevedo to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Acevedo

The surname Acevedo has its origins in Spain and is considered a Spanish toponymic surname. It is believed to have derived from the municipality of the same name, Acevedo, located in the province of Asturias in northern Spain. The name itself is thought to originate from the Latin word "acervum," meaning "heap" or "pile," possibly referring to a specific geographical feature or landmark in the area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Acevedo can be found in the "Becerro de las Behetrías de Castilla," a medieval census document from the 14th century. This document mentions individuals bearing the surname Acevedo residing in various villages and towns throughout the region of Castile.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, as Spanish explorers and colonists ventured across the Atlantic, the surname Acevedo began to spread to the Americas. Notable individuals with this surname include Pedro de Acevedo, a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Peru alongside Francisco Pizarro in the early 1500s.

Another prominent figure was Jerónimo de Acevedo, a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in 1550 in Murcia, Spain. He dedicated his life to evangelizing in the Americas and was eventually martyred in what is now Brazil in 1570.

In the realm of literature, Alonso de Acevedo (1590-1640) was a Spanish Golden Age playwright and poet, known for his contributions to the Spanish literary renaissance.

Moving into the 18th century, Joaquín Antonio de Acevedo (1712-1779) was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Chilean Patagonia from 1767 to 1779.

Lastly, Edmundo Acevedo (1857-1948), a Uruguayan writer and journalist, gained recognition for his literary works and contributions to the development of the novel in Uruguay in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Acevedo

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Acevedo.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Acevedo was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Acevedo has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Acevedo was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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