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

Berreondo, 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 Berreondo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Berreondo in America

Berreondo is the 158432nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Berreondo surname appeared 102 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 Berreondo.

The history of the last name Berreondo

The surname Berreondo has its origins in the Basque Country, an autonomous region straddling parts of northern Spain and southwestern France. It is believed to have emerged sometime in the medieval period, likely between the 11th and 13th centuries.

Berreondo is a Basque toponymic surname, derived from a place name or geographic location. The first part of the name, "Berre," is thought to stem from the Basque word "berri," meaning "new" or "recent." The second part, "ondo," could be linked to the Basque word "ondo," which translates to "near" or "close to."

Earliest known records suggest the surname Berreondo was initially concentrated in the Basque provinces of Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia, in northern Spain. Some of the earliest documented instances of the name can be found in local municipal archives and church records from the 14th and 15th centuries.

One notable early bearer of the Berreondo surname was Juan de Berreondo, a prominent landowner and magistrate from the town of Tolosa in Gipuzkoa, who lived in the late 15th century. Another early example is Martín de Berreondo, a clergyman and scholar from Bilbao who authored several theological works in the 16th century.

As the Basque people migrated and dispersed over the centuries, the Berreondo surname spread to other regions of Spain and beyond. Sebastián de Berreondo, a 17th-century soldier from Guipúzcoa, served in the Spanish army during the Thirty Years' War and later settled in the Spanish Netherlands.

In the 18th century, Ignacio de Berreondo was a well-known merchant and shipowner based in Cádiz, Spain, who played a significant role in the transatlantic trade between Spain and its American colonies.

One of the most prominent figures with the Berreondo surname was José María de Berreondo, a 19th-century politician and diplomat from Navarra, Spain. He served as a senator and held various ambassadorial positions, representing Spain in countries like Portugal and the United States.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Berreondo

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

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 Berreondo 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.

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

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