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

Arrisola, 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 Arrisola surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Arrisola in America

Arrisola is the 132206th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Arrisola surname appeared 128 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 Arrisola.

We can also compare 2010 data for Arrisola 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 Arrisola

The surname Arrisola has its origins in the Basque region of northern Spain and southern France. It is believed to have emerged in the early medieval period, around the 9th or 10th century. The name is derived from the Basque words "arri" meaning stone and "sola" meaning field or land, likely referring to a family or individual residing on a stony or rocky field.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Arrisola surname can be found in the Becerro Galicano de las Behetrías, a 14th-century manuscript that documented properties and landholdings in Castile. In this record, a certain Juan Arrisola is mentioned as a landholder in the region.

The Arrisola name has also been linked to the town of Arrigorriaga in Biscay, Spain, which was formerly known as Arrisola. This suggests that the surname may have originated from this particular location or from individuals who migrated from there.

Notable individuals with the Arrisola surname include Pedro Arrisola (1535-1594), a Spanish naval officer and explorer who participated in the Spanish expedition to the Philippines. Domingo Arrisola (1579-1637) was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary who worked in Mexico during the early colonial period.

In the 18th century, Juan Bautista Arrisola (1701-1776) was a Spanish military engineer and architect responsible for designing several fortifications and public buildings in Spain and its colonies. José Arrisola (1756-1823) was a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Guatemala from 1819 to 1823.

More recently, Ignacio Arrisola (1889-1968) was a Mexican painter and muralist known for his works depicting indigenous Mexican culture and history.

While the Arrisola surname has its roots in the Basque region, it has since spread to other parts of Spain, as well as to Latin American countries like Mexico and Guatemala, due to migration and colonization during the Spanish empire.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Arrisola

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

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

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