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

Burruel, 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 Burruel surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Burruel in America

Burruel is the 26727th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Burruel surname appeared 911 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 Burruel.

We can also compare 2010 data for Burruel 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 Burruel

The surname BURRUEL is believed to have originated in Spain, with roots dating back to the 12th century. It is a locative surname, derived from the Spanish place name "Burruel," which is thought to be a combination of the Basque words "burru" (meaning "ram" or "male sheep") and "el" (meaning "the").

The earliest recorded instances of the BURRUEL surname can be found in medieval Spanish records and documents. For example, a person named Ferran de Burruel was mentioned in a local census from the village of Burruel in the province of Zaragoza in 1323.

In the 15th century, the BURRUEL surname appeared in various historical records, including a land registry from the town of Tarazona in Aragon, which listed a Pedro Burruel as a landowner in 1487.

One notable bearer of the BURRUEL name was Juan de Burruel, a Spanish soldier and explorer who participated in the conquest of the Canary Islands in the late 15th century under the command of Juan Rejón.

During the 16th century, the BURRUEL surname spread to other parts of Spain and the Spanish colonies in the Americas. Miguel de Burruel (1525-1592) was a Spanish conquistador who accompanied Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico.

In the 17th century, a branch of the BURRUEL family settled in the Spanish colonial territory of New Spain (present-day Mexico). One prominent member of this branch was Alonso de Burruel (1618-1678), a wealthy landowner and cattle rancher in the region of Nueva Galicia (modern-day Jalisco).

Another notable figure with the BURRUEL surname was Francisco Javier Burruel (1750-1820), a Spanish Jesuit priest and writer who authored several works on philosophy and theology during the Enlightenment era.

While the BURRUEL surname is relatively uncommon today, it has a rich historical legacy that can be traced back to its origins in medieval Spain.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Burruel

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

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

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