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

Aldape, 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 Aldape surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Aldape in America

Aldape is the 14004th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Aldape surname appeared 2,151 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Aldape.

We can also compare 2010 data for Aldape 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 Aldape

The surname Aldape originates from the Basque region of northern Spain and southwestern France, dating back to the medieval era. It is believed to be derived from the Basque words "alde" meaning "slope" or "hillside" and "ape" which is a suffix denoting a small or diminutive form. This suggests the name may have initially referred to someone who lived on a small hill or slope.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Aldape surname can be found in a 14th-century census record from the town of Tolosa in the province of Gipuzkoa, Spain. This document lists a family with the spelling "Aldapi" which was likely a variant of the modern Aldape spelling. Another early reference is in a 1487 legal document from the village of Ainhoa, near the French-Spanish border, mentioning a landowner named Juan de Aldape.

In the 16th century, a notable bearer of the name was Pedro de Aldape, a Spanish soldier and explorer who accompanied Hernán Cortés on his conquest of Mexico in 1519. Pedro is recorded as having been granted an encomienda, or land grant, in the Valley of Mexico for his services.

During the Spanish colonial era, the Aldape surname spread from its Basque origins to other parts of Spain and its overseas territories. Miguel de Aldape, born in 1632 in Seville, Spain, later immigrated to New Spain (now Mexico) where he became a prominent landowner and rancher in the region of Nuevo León.

In the 19th century, Juan Bautista Aldape, born in 1811 in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, was a renowned lawyer and politician who served as governor of the state of Zacatecas from 1861 to 1863. His cousin, General Ignacio Zaragoza Aldape, led the Mexican forces to victory against the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, an event celebrated as Cinco de Mayo.

Sebastián Aldape Aragón, born in 1870 in Guadalajara, Mexico, was a celebrated painter and art teacher who helped establish the influential Escuela de Artes Plásticas in his hometown. His works depicting scenes of everyday Mexican life are held in museum collections throughout Mexico.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Aldape

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

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 Aldape 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 Aldape 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 Aldape was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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