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

Cebada, 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 Cebada surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cebada in America

Cebada is the 106570th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cebada surname appeared 167 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 Cebada.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cebada 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 Cebada

The surname CEBADA is of Spanish origin, derived from the word "cebada" which means "barley" in Spanish. It likely originated as a descriptive surname, possibly referring to someone who grew or traded in barley.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname CEBADA can be traced back to the 15th century in various regions of Spain, particularly in Andalusia and Castile. Some of the earliest documented bearers of this surname include Juan de Cebada, a resident of Seville in the late 1400s, and Pedro Cebada, a farmer from Córdoba mentioned in records from the early 1500s.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the CEBADA name appeared in various historical documents and records across Spain. For instance, in 1587, a certain Alonso Cebada was listed as a resident of the town of Baeza, in the province of Jaén. Additionally, in the 1630s, a Francisco Cebada was recorded as a landowner in the village of Villanueva del Arzobispo, near the city of Jaén.

As Spanish exploration and colonization expanded to the Americas, the CEBADA surname also made its way to the New World. One notable bearer of this name was Juan de Cebada, a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Mexico in the early 16th century under the command of Hernán Cortés.

Throughout the centuries, the CEBADA surname has been associated with several notable individuals. For example, Juan Antonio Cebada y Calderón (1759-1833) was a Spanish military officer and governor of the Captaincy General of Guatemala in the early 19th century. Another prominent figure was Ramón Cebada y Gutiérrez (1835-1905), a Spanish politician and lawyer who served as a deputy in the Spanish parliament during the latter part of the 19th century.

In more recent times, the CEBADA surname has continued to be present in various parts of the Spanish-speaking world, including Spain, Mexico, and other Latin American countries. However, as mentioned earlier, this report focuses on the historical origins and early bearers of the surname, rather than modern census data or recent individuals.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cebada

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

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

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