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

Chavarriaga, 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 Chavarriaga surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Chavarriaga in America

Chavarriaga is the 90113th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Chavarriaga surname appeared 205 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 Chavarriaga.

We can also compare 2010 data for Chavarriaga 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 Chavarriaga

The surname Chavarriaga has its origins in Spain, specifically in the Basque region. It is believed to have emerged sometime during the Medieval period, around the 12th or 13th century. The name is derived from the Basque words "etxe" meaning house and "barri" meaning new, combined with the suffix "-aga" which denotes a place or location. The name essentially translates to "new house" or "new place."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Chavarriaga can be found in the archives of the town of Arrasate, located in the Basque region of Spain. A document from the year 1387 mentions a certain Juan de Chavarriaga, who was a landowner in the area. This provides evidence that the name was in use by the 14th century.

In the 16th century, during the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the Chavarriaga name began to appear in various records from the New World. One notable example is Rodrigo de Chavarriaga, a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Peru under the command of Francisco Pizarro in the 1530s.

The Chavarriaga surname is also associated with the town of Chavarriaga, located in the municipality of Zigoitia in the Basque Country. This place name likely originated from the surname itself, suggesting that the name has deep roots in the region.

Historically, there have been several notable individuals with the Chavarriaga surname. One such figure was Pedro de Chavarriaga (1523-1587), a Spanish soldier and explorer who played a significant role in the colonization of present-day Colombia and Venezuela. Another notable Chavarriaga was Bartolomé de Chavarriaga (1545-1612), a Spanish priest and missionary who worked in the region of what is now Mexico and Guatemala.

In the 19th century, Juan Bautista Chavarriaga (1807-1882) was a prominent Colombian politician and writer who served as the President of Colombia from 1861 to 1863. Additionally, Adolfo Chavarriaga (1860-1928) was a Colombian lawyer and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Colombia in the early 20th century.

The Chavarriaga surname has also been associated with various place names and variations in spelling over the centuries. For example, the town of Chavarri in the Basque region of Spain shares a similar root with the surname, and variations like Chavarria and Chavarrias have been documented in historical records.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Chavarriaga

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

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

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