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

Caquias, 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 Caquias surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Caquias in America

Caquias is the 58182nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Caquias surname appeared 349 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 Caquias.

We can also compare 2010 data for Caquias 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 Caquias

The surname Caquias is believed to have originated in Spain during the medieval period. It is thought to be derived from the Spanish word "caqui," which refers to the persimmon fruit. This suggests that the name may have been initially associated with someone who cultivated or sold persimmons, or perhaps lived near an area known for its persimmon trees.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Caquias surname can be found in the Libro de la Montería, a 14th-century hunting treatise commissioned by King Alfonso XI of Castile. The text mentions a person named Juan Caquias, who may have been a huntsman or gamekeepers in the royal court.

During the 15th century, the Caquias name appears to have spread to different regions of Spain, particularly in the southern provinces of Andalusia and Extremadura. In 1492, a record from the Archivo General de Simancas lists a Pedro Caquias as one of the soldiers who participated in the Reconquista, the Christian conquest of the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rule.

As the Spanish Empire expanded in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Caquias surname likely made its way to the Americas and other Spanish territories. One notable figure from this era was Alonso Caquias, a Spanish explorer who accompanied Francisco Pizarro on his expeditions to Peru in the 1530s.

In the 18th century, a branch of the Caquias family settled in the Philippines, which was then a Spanish colony. A Juan Caquias, born in 1722, became a prominent landowner and businessman in the town of Tanauan, Batangas.

Another significant individual bearing the Caquias surname was María Caquias, a Spanish painter who lived in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She was known for her portraits and religious works, which can be found in several churches and museums in Spain.

Throughout the centuries, the Caquias surname has also been associated with various place names and localities in Spain, such as Caquias de Yuste, a small village in the province of Cáceres, and Caquias de Valverde, a hamlet in the province of Badajoz.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Caquias

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

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

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