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

Arizmendez, 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 Arizmendez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Arizmendez in America

Arizmendez is the 65066th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Arizmendez surname appeared 305 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 Arizmendez.

We can also compare 2010 data for Arizmendez 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 Arizmendez

The surname Arizmendez has its origins in the Basque region of northern Spain and southwestern France. It is derived from the Basque words "aritz" meaning oak and "mendi" meaning mountain, suggesting that the name may have referred to someone who lived near an oak-covered mountain or hill.

One of the earliest known recordings of the name Arizmendez can be found in the Cartulario de San Millán de la Cogolla, a medieval manuscript from the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla in La Rioja, Spain. This document, dated to the 11th century, mentions an individual named Sancho Arizmendez.

In the 13th century, there are records of a noble family bearing the name Arizmendez in the Kingdom of Navarre. One notable member of this family was Juan Arizmendez, who served as the Mayor of the Palace (a high-ranking official) under King Sancho VII of Navarre in the late 13th century.

During the 16th century, the name Arizmendez appeared in several historical documents related to the Spanish conquest of the Americas. One notable figure was Hernán Arizmendez, a Spanish conquistador who accompanied Hernán Cortés on his expedition to Mexico in the 1520s.

Another prominent individual with the surname Arizmendez was Francisco Arizmendez, a Spanish military officer and explorer who participated in the conquest of Peru in the 1540s under Francisco Pizarro.

In the 17th century, a branch of the Arizmendez family settled in the Spanish colonial region of New Spain (present-day Mexico). Juan Arizmendez de Rada, born in 1632, was a notable member of this family who served as the Governor of the Province of Texas from 1671 to 1675.

Over the centuries, the surname Arizmendez has spread to various parts of the Spanish-speaking world, including Mexico, Central America, and South America, as well as communities in the United States and other countries with significant Hispanic populations.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Arizmendez

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

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

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