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

Brizuela, 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 Brizuela surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Brizuela in America

Brizuela is the 12255th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Brizuela surname appeared 2,538 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Brizuela.

We can also compare 2010 data for Brizuela 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 Brizuela

The surname Brizuela is of Spanish origin, deriving from the place name "Brizuela" which is a municipality located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. The name is believed to have emerged during the medieval period, potentially as early as the 9th or 10th century.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Brizuela dates back to the 13th century, appearing in historical documents from the region of Castile and León. It is speculated that the name may have originated from the Latin word "briza," meaning "a type of grass," which could suggest a connection to agricultural or pastoral activities in the area.

During the 15th century, a notable figure bearing the surname Brizuela was Juan de Brizuela, a Spanish nobleman and military commander who participated in the Reconquista, the series of campaigns aimed at reclaiming the Iberian Peninsula from Moorish rule. Juan de Brizuela was born in 1420 and died in 1498.

In the 16th century, another individual with the surname Brizuela left a mark on history. Hernando de Brizuela was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who accompanied Hernán Cortés during the conquest of Mexico. Brizuela played a significant role in the fall of the Aztec Empire, and his name is mentioned in several historical accounts from that period.

As the Spanish Empire expanded, the surname Brizuela spread across the Americas, particularly to regions such as Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina. One notable bearer of the name was Juan Manuel Brizuela, an Argentine military officer and politician who served as the Governor of the province of Córdoba from 1860 to 1862.

In more recent times, Brizuela has been the surname of several prominent individuals, including Luis Brizuela, a Chilean author and poet born in 1949, and Leopoldo Brizuela, an Argentine novelist and essayist born in 1963.

While the surname Brizuela may have originated from a specific place in Spain, it has since become widely dispersed throughout various parts of the world, particularly in Latin American countries, reflecting the spread of the Spanish language and culture during the era of exploration and colonization.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Brizuela

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

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

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