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

Arangua, 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 Arangua surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Arangua in America

Arangua is the 138304th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Arangua surname appeared 121 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 Arangua.

We can also compare 2010 data for Arangua 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 Arangua

The surname Arangua originates from the Basque region, situated in the western Pyrenees that spans the modern-day territories of northern Spain and southern France. Its origins can be traced back to the early medieval period, around the 9th or 10th century.

Arangua is believed to be derived from the Basque words "aran" meaning valley, and "goi" or "goia" meaning high or elevated. This linguistic combination suggests that the name likely referred to individuals or families residing in high or elevated valleys within the Basque region.

Early references to variations of the name can be found in historical documents from the region, such as the Cartulario de San Millán de la Cogolla, a 10th-century collection of charters and documents from the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla in La Rioja, Spain.

One of the earliest recorded bearers of the name was Juan Arangua, a prominent landowner and nobleman from the town of Lesaka in Navarre, Spain, who lived in the late 15th century. Another notable figure was Martín de Arangua, a Basque soldier and adventurer who accompanied Hernán Cortés on his expeditions to Mexico in the early 16th century.

In the 17th century, Juan de Arangua y Lezama (1588-1662) was a Basque-Spanish jurist and legal scholar who served as a judge in the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, one of the highest courts in Spain at the time.

The name Arangua has also been associated with various place names in the Basque Country, such as the town of Aranguren in Navarre, which likely shares a similar etymological root.

Other notable bearers of the surname include Ignacio Arangua (1691-1754), a Spanish Jesuit missionary who worked in the Philippines, and José María Arangua (1831-1896), a Spanish politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Spanish Senate.

While the surname Arangua is relatively uncommon outside of the Basque region, it has been carried by individuals of Basque descent and has maintained a presence throughout Spain and parts of France over the centuries, reflecting the rich cultural and historical heritage of the Basque people.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Arangua

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

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

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