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

Birrueta, 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 Birrueta surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Birrueta in America

Birrueta is the 36099th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Birrueta surname appeared 621 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 Birrueta.

We can also compare 2010 data for Birrueta 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 Birrueta

The surname Birrueta has its origins in the Basque region of Spain and France. It is believed to have derived from the Basque word "birri", which means "turn" or "twist", and the Basque suffix "-eta", indicating a place of origin. The name likely referred to a person who lived near a winding or twisting road or path.

Birrueta is an old surname, with records dating back to the 16th century. One of the earliest known references is in the Archivo General de Navarra, a collection of historical documents from the former Kingdom of Navarre, where the name appears in records from the late 1500s.

In the 17th century, the Birrueta name can be found in various Basque municipal records and church registers, particularly in the provinces of Gipuzkoa and Navarra. One notable example is Juan de Birrueta, a landowner from the town of Legazpi, who was born in 1645 and died in 1712.

The 18th century saw the Birrueta surname spread to other parts of Spain, as well as to Spanish colonies in the Americas. Sebastián de Birrueta y Olazábal, born in 1721 in Azkoitia, Gipuzkoa, was a Spanish naval officer who served in the Spanish West Indies and participated in the Battle of Havana against the British in 1762.

In the 19th century, the Birrueta name gained prominence with José María Birrueta y Almandoz, a Spanish politician and lawyer who was born in 1803 in Pamplona and served as the Minister of Grace and Justice in the government of Baldomero Espartero from 1841 to 1843.

Another notable figure was Joaquín Birrueta y Almandoz, born in 1808 in Pamplona, who was a Spanish military officer and politician. He served as the Captain General of Navarre and later as the Governor of the Province of Cádiz in the mid-19th century.

As the Birrueta surname spread beyond the Basque region, it sometimes took on different spellings, such as Virrueta or Verrueta, reflecting regional variations in pronunciation and orthography.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Birrueta

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

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

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