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

Cobarrubias, 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 Cobarrubias surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cobarrubias in America

Cobarrubias is the 39281st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cobarrubias surname appeared 560 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 Cobarrubias.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cobarrubias 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 Cobarrubias

The surname Cobarrubias is of Spanish origin, with roots tracing back to the medieval era in the Iberian Peninsula. It is a toponymic surname, derived from a place name that likely refers to a location where reddish or copper-colored soil was found.

The earliest known record of the Cobarrubias name dates back to the 13th century, appearing in documents from the region of Castile. During this time, the name was often spelled as "Cobarruvias" or "Covarrubias," reflecting the linguistic evolution of the Spanish language.

One of the earliest recorded individuals bearing this surname was Pedro Fernández de Cobarrubias, a prominent nobleman and military commander who served under King Alfonso X of Castile in the 13th century. He played a significant role in the Reconquista, the centuries-long campaign to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula from Moorish rule.

In the 15th century, Juan de Cobarrubias y Leiva, a renowned jurist and ecclesiastical scholar, rose to prominence. Born in Covarrubias, a town in the province of Burgos, he served as the Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo and later as the Bishop of Segovia.

Another notable figure was Diego de Cobarrubias y Leiva, a 16th-century Spanish nobleman and military officer who served as the governor of Nuevo Reino de Granada (present-day Colombia and Panama) from 1564 to 1572.

In the realm of art and literature, Juan de Cobarrubias y Horozco, born in Toledo in 1542, was a celebrated Spanish poet, humanist, and lexicographer. He authored several notable works, including the influential "Tesoro de la Lengua Castellana o Española," one of the earliest comprehensive dictionaries of the Spanish language.

The Cobarrubias name also has connections to the Americas, as evidenced by the existence of places like Cobarrubias, a town in the Mexican state of Michoacán, which was likely named after an early Spanish settler or explorer bearing this surname.

While the Cobarrubias name has undergone various spelling variations over the centuries, its origins can be traced back to the medieval era in Spain, where it was closely tied to the region of Castile and the broader history of the Reconquista and the expansion of Spanish influence across the Iberian Peninsula and beyond.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cobarrubias

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

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

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