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

Chagoya, 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 Chagoya surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Chagoya in America

Chagoya is the 19852nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Chagoya surname appeared 1,354 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 Chagoya.

We can also compare 2010 data for Chagoya 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 Chagoya

The surname Chagoya has its origins in Spain and can be traced back to the 15th century. It is believed to have derived from the Basque language and is linked to the region of Navarre in northern Spain. The name may have stemmed from the word "chagoia," which means "valley" or "ravine" in Basque, suggesting that the earliest bearers of this surname resided in or near a valley or ravine.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Chagoya surname can be found in the 16th century Spanish Inquisition records, where a certain Juan de Chagoya was mentioned as a resident of the town of Tudela in Navarre. This suggests that the name was already well-established in the region by that time.

In the 17th century, the Chagoya surname appeared in various historical documents related to the Spanish colonization of the Americas. For instance, there are records of a Diego de Chagoya, who was a Spanish conquistador and one of the early settlers in the city of Puebla, Mexico, in the early 1600s.

Another notable figure with the Chagoya surname was Francisco de Chagoya, a Spanish priest and missionary who lived in the late 17th century. He played a significant role in the evangelization efforts of the Catholic Church in the region of present-day Texas and Mexico.

In the 18th century, the Chagoya surname continued to be present in various parts of Spain, as well as in the Spanish colonies in the Americas. For example, there are records of a Juan Chagoya, a prominent landowner and rancher in the province of Nueva Vizcaya (now part of Mexico), who lived during the mid-1700s.

One of the most famous individuals with the Chagoya surname is the contemporary Mexican-American artist and activist Enrique Chagoya, who was born in 1953 and is known for his politically charged and culturally satirical paintings and prints.

Other notable individuals with the Chagoya surname include María Chagoya (1895-1980), a Mexican actress and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, and Alfredo Chagoya (1922-2000), a Mexican politician and journalist who served as a senator and held various government positions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Chagoya

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

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

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