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

Ampuero, 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 Ampuero surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ampuero in America

Ampuero is the 57234th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ampuero surname appeared 356 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Ampuero.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ampuero 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 Ampuero

The surname Ampuero originated in Spain, specifically in the northern region of Cantabria. It is believed to have emerged during the Middle Ages, around the 12th or 13th century. The name is derived from the Cantabrian place name "Ampuero," which itself is thought to have originated from the Latin words "amplus" (meaning "wide" or "large") and "rivus" (meaning "stream" or "river"), likely referring to a broad river or stream in the area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Ampuero can be found in the Becerro de las Behetrías de Castilla, a medieval census document from the 14th century that listed landowners and their properties in the Kingdom of Castile. This document mentions individuals with the surname Ampuero as residents of the town of Ampuero in Cantabria.

In the 16th century, during the Spanish colonization of the Americas, several individuals with the surname Ampuero are documented as having traveled to the New World. One notable example is Juan de Ampuero, a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Peru alongside Francisco Pizarro in the 1530s.

Another significant figure bearing the Ampuero surname was Domingo de Ampuero y Lezama, a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator who served as the Governor of Hispaniola (present-day Dominican Republic and Haiti) from 1618 to 1624.

In the 19th century, Fermín Ampuero y Lastra (1790-1869) was a prominent Chilean politician and lawyer who served as the President of the Supreme Court of Chile and played a crucial role in the drafting of the country's civil code.

More recently, Víctor Ampuero Díaz (1910-1983) was a Peruvian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru from 1963 to 1964 and later as the Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations from 1964 to 1968.

While the surname Ampuero is most commonly found in Spain and Latin American countries with significant Spanish heritage, it has also spread to other parts of the world through immigration and diaspora communities.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ampuero

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

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

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