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

Chirinos, 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 Chirinos surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Chirinos in America

Chirinos is the 15140th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Chirinos surname appeared 1,948 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Chirinos.

We can also compare 2010 data for Chirinos 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 Chirinos

The surname "Chirinos" originated in Spain, specifically in the region of Extremadura, during the Middle Ages. It is believed to be derived from the Spanish word "chirino," which means "cork oak." This suggests that the name may have been initially associated with individuals who lived or worked in areas abundant with cork oak trees.

The earliest known record of the Chirinos surname dates back to the 13th century, appearing in various historical documents and manuscripts from the region of Extremadura. One notable mention is found in the "Libro de las Behetrías" (Book of the Behetrías), a medieval census compiled in 1352 during the reign of King Pedro I of Castile.

In the 15th century, the Chirinos family gained prominence in the town of Trujillo, Extremadura. One of the earliest recorded individuals with this surname was Hernán Chirinos, a nobleman and military commander who participated in the conquest of the Canary Islands in the late 1400s.

During the 16th century, several members of the Chirinos family played notable roles in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Juan Chirinos, born in 1505 in Trujillo, was among the first Spanish settlers in the region that is now known as Venezuela. He served as one of the founding settlers of the city of Cumaná in 1523.

Another notable figure was Diego Chirinos, a Spanish explorer and navigator who was born in Trujillo around 1520. He accompanied various expeditions to the Caribbean and was involved in the exploration and mapping of the coasts of modern-day Colombia and Venezuela.

In the 17th century, Pedro Chirinos y Salazar, born in Lima, Peru, in 1557, became a renowned Jesuit scholar and historian. He authored several works on the history and culture of the indigenous peoples of Peru and is considered one of the earliest ethnographers of the region.

Throughout the centuries, the Chirinos surname has spread across various regions of Spain and Latin America, with notable individuals bearing this name in different fields, including literature, politics, and the arts.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Chirinos

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

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

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