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

Carranza, 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 Carranza surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Carranza in America

Carranza is the 1235th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Carranza surname appeared 28,581 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 10 people would have the surname Carranza.

We can also compare 2010 data for Carranza 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 Carranza

The surname Carranza is of Spanish origin, deriving from the Basque region of northern Spain. It first emerged in the 9th century AD as a locational surname, indicating that the original bearers hailed from the town or village of Carranza in the province of Vizcaya.

The name Carranza itself is believed to have evolved from the Basque words "karr," meaning rock or stone, and "antz," meaning appearance or resemblance. Thus, the surname may have originally referred to someone who lived near a prominent rocky or stony area.

Historically, the Carranza name has been recorded in various medieval documents and manuscripts from the Basque region. One notable early mention is found in the Becerro Antiguo de Vizcaya, a 14th-century census document that lists several individuals bearing the Carranza surname.

Among the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Carranza was Pedro Carranza, a Basque explorer and navigator who accompanied Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the Americas in 1493. Another early bearer of the name was Bartolomé de Carranza, a 16th-century Spanish theologian and archbishop of Toledo, who was born in 1503 and died in 1576.

In the 17th century, Diego Sarmiento Carranza served as the viceroy of New Spain (present-day Mexico) from 1635 to 1642. A century later, José Miguel de Carranza y Arellano (1724-1786) was a Spanish military engineer and mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of fortification design.

During the 19th century, Venustiano Carranza (1859-1920) was a prominent Mexican revolutionary and politician who served as the 37th President of Mexico from 1917 to 1920. His leadership was instrumental in shaping the country's post-revolutionary government and constitutional reforms.

Throughout history, the Carranza surname has maintained its strong ties to its Basque origins, though bearers of the name can be found worldwide, particularly in Spain, Mexico, and other parts of Latin America.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Carranza

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

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

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