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

Anorga, 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 Anorga surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Anorga in America

Anorga is the 156044th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Anorga surname appeared 104 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 Anorga.

The history of the last name Anorga

The surname ANORGA is believed to have originated in the Basque Country, a region spanning parts of northern Spain and southwestern France. It is thought to have emerged during the medieval period, around the 12th or 13th century.

The name ANORGA is likely derived from the Basque word "anorra," which means "shepherd's hut" or "mountain cabin." This suggests that the name may have been initially associated with individuals who lived or worked in such dwellings in the rugged Pyrenees mountains.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname ANORGA can be found in the Cartulario de San Millán de la Cogolla, a collection of medieval documents from the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla in La Rioja, Spain. This cartulary, which dates back to the 12th century, contains references to individuals with the name ANORGA.

In the 14th century, there are records of an individual named Juan ANORGA, who was a prominent landowner and merchant in the town of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the Basque province of Álava. This suggests that the ANORGA family had achieved a certain level of social and economic prominence by that time.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the ANORGA name appeared in various historical records and manuscripts in the Basque Country and neighboring regions. For instance, there are mentions of Pedro ANORGA, a respected lawyer and judge who lived in Bilbao in the late 16th century, and María ANORGA, a notable writer and poet from San Sebastián in the early 17th century.

In the 18th century, a prominent figure with the ANORGA surname was Juan Bautista ANORGA (1670-1742), a military engineer and architect who worked on fortifications and public works projects throughout Spain and its colonies in the Americas.

Another notable individual with the ANORGA surname was Ignacio ANORGA (1785-1856), a Spanish politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for a brief period in the mid-19th century.

Throughout its history, the ANORGA surname has also been associated with various place names and localities in the Basque Country and surrounding regions, such as the town of Anorga in the municipality of Artziniega, Álava, and the Anorga mountain range in Navarre.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Anorga

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

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 Anorga 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.

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

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