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

Arbaiza, 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 Arbaiza surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Arbaiza in America

Arbaiza is the 36099th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Arbaiza surname appeared 621 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 Arbaiza.

We can also compare 2010 data for Arbaiza 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 Arbaiza

The surname Arbaiza originated in the Basque region of Spain and France, which straddles the western Pyrenees mountains. The name is derived from the Basque words "arbe" meaning field or meadow, and "aitz" meaning rock or crag. This suggests the earliest bearers of the name lived near or owned rocky fields or meadows in the region.

The name can be traced back to the 11th century, appearing in records from the Kingdom of Navarre. One of the earliest recorded instances is Sancho Arbaiza, a landowner mentioned in a charter from 1076 granting lands to the Monastery of Leyre.

In the 13th century, the Arbaiza family became prominent landowners and noblemen in the Basque territories. Lope Garcia de Arbaiza was a wealthy nobleman who fought alongside King Sancho VII of Navarre in the Reconquista against the Moors in the 1230s.

The name appears in the Codex de Ronces, a 14th century manuscript detailing the noble houses of Navarre. It lists Juan Arbaiza as a knight and lord of the town of Arbaiza, likely named after the family's ancestral lands.

During the 15th century, the name spread to other parts of Spain as the Basque people migrated. Pedro Arbaiza, born around 1420 in Vitoria, was a renowned architect who helped design the Cathedral of Seville.

In the 16th century, some members of the Arbaiza family emigrated to the Americas as part of the Spanish colonization efforts. Rodrigo de Arbaiza, born in 1539 in Bilbao, was one of the early Spanish settlers in Mexico and helped establish the city of Puebla in 1531.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Arbaiza

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

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

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