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

Casarrubias, 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 Casarrubias surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Casarrubias in America

Casarrubias is the 19348th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Casarrubias surname appeared 1,398 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 Casarrubias.

We can also compare 2010 data for Casarrubias 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 Casarrubias

The surname Casarrubias originated in Spain, with the earliest known records dating back to the 16th century. It is believed to be derived from the Spanish words "casa" meaning "house" and "rubias" which is the plural form of "rubia" meaning "blonde" or "fair-haired." This suggests that the name may have originated as a descriptive term for a family or household with fair-haired members.

One of the earliest documented instances of the name Casarrubias can be found in the baptismal records of the parish church of San Pedro in Seville, Spain, from the year 1587. Here, a child named Juan Casarrubias was baptized, indicating that the family had already established itself in the region by that time.

The name Casarrubias appears to have been particularly prevalent in the regions of Andalusia and Extremadura in southern Spain. In the 17th century, there are records of a noble family bearing the name Casarrubias y Velázquez, who owned vast estates and landholdings in the province of Badajoz.

A notable figure in Spanish history who bore the surname Casarrubias was Diego Casarrubias y Sánchez, a prominent military commander who fought alongside King Philip V during the War of the Spanish Succession in the early 18th century. Diego Casarrubias was born in Seville in 1678 and died in battle near the city of Barcelona in 1714.

Another individual of note was Fray Tomás Casarrubias, a Franciscan friar and scholar who lived in the 16th century. He was renowned for his expertise in theology and philosophy and served as a professor at the prestigious University of Alcalá de Henares.

In the 19th century, a renowned artist named Manuel Casarrubias y García gained recognition for his exquisite religious paintings and frescoes adorning various churches and cathedrals across Spain. He was born in Córdoba in 1818 and died in Madrid in 1892.

Arturo Casarrubias y Fernández, born in Seville in 1876, was a pioneering aviator and one of the first Spaniards to obtain a pilot's license. He made significant contributions to the development of aviation in Spain and Europe in the early 20th century, until his untimely death in a plane crash in 1915.

Throughout its history, the surname Casarrubias has been associated with various notable individuals from different walks of life, reflecting its deep roots and enduring legacy in Spanish culture and society.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Casarrubias

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

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

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