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

Arriagada, 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 Arriagada surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Arriagada in America

Arriagada is the 116829th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Arriagada surname appeared 149 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 Arriagada.

We can also compare 2010 data for Arriagada 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 Arriagada

The surname Arriagada is of Spanish origin, tracing its roots back to the northern regions of Spain, particularly the Basque Country and Navarre. It is believed to have derived from the Basque word "arriaga," which translates to "stone fence" or "stone enclosure," suggesting a connection to rural or agricultural communities.

The earliest recorded instances of the Arriagada surname can be found in medieval Spanish documents dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries. One notable mention is in the Becerro de las Behetrías, a historical manuscript compiled in the late 14th century, which documented landowners and their holdings in various parts of Spain.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, as Spain embarked on its colonial expansion, many individuals bearing the Arriagada surname made their way to the Americas, particularly to regions such as Mexico, Peru, and Chile. This migration contributed to the spread and diversification of the name across the Spanish-speaking world.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the Arriagada surname was Pedro de Arriagada, a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Peru under Francisco Pizarro in the 16th century. Another notable figure was Juan de Arriagada, a Basque soldier and explorer who accompanied Juan de Oñate's expedition to present-day New Mexico in 1598.

In the 18th century, Ignacio de Arriagada y Bascuñán (1678-1756) was a Chilean military officer and author who wrote the famous Cautiverio Feliz, a memoir detailing his captivity among the Mapuche people in the early 1600s.

Moving into the 19th century, Francisco de Arriagada (1791-1874) was a prominent Chilean politician and statesman who served as the Minister of Finance and briefly as the interim President of Chile in 1851.

More recently, José Arriagada (1920-2011) was a renowned Chilean writer and journalist, best known for his novels and short stories depicting rural life in Chile's central valley.

While the Arriagada surname has its origins in Spain, it has since spread across Latin America and beyond, with notable individuals bearing the name contributing to various fields, including literature, politics, and exploration.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Arriagada

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

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

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