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

Arteaga, 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 Arteaga surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Arteaga in America

Arteaga is the 1848th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Arteaga surname appeared 19,410 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 7 people would have the surname Arteaga.

We can also compare 2010 data for Arteaga 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 Arteaga

The surname Arteaga originated in the Basque region of northern Spain and southern France. It is a habitational name referring to someone who came from the town of Arteaga in the province of Biscay, Spain. The name derives from the Basque words "arte" meaning oak tree and "aga" meaning place, indicating a place where oak trees grew.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Arteaga appears in the Cartulario de San Millán, a 10th-century manuscript from the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla in La Rioja, Spain. In this document, a person named Juan Arteaga is mentioned as a landowner in the year 953.

The Arteaga surname is also found in the Becerro de las Behetrías de Castilla, a 14th-century census-like document that recorded the names of landowners and their properties in the regions of Castile and León. This suggests that the Arteaga family had established themselves as landowners and prominent figures in these areas by that time.

One notable bearer of the Arteaga name was Juan Arteaga y Avendaño (1530-1598), a Spanish explorer and navigator who led expeditions to the Pacific Northwest coast of North America in the late 16th century.

Another prominent individual was Miguel de Arteaga y Galindo (1691-1761), a Spanish colonial administrator who served as the Governor of Texas from 1737 to 1738.

In the 19th century, José Joaquín de Arteaga (1828-1865) was a Mexican military leader who fought in the Reform War and the French Intervention in Mexico.

The surname Arteaga is also associated with the town of Arteaga in the state of Coahuila, Mexico, which was likely named after an early settler or landowner with that surname.

Martín Arteaga (1899-1965) was a Mexican artist and painter known for his murals and works depicting scenes from Mexican history and culture.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Arteaga

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

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

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