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

deCéspedes, 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 deCéspedes surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of deCéspedes in America

deCéspedes is the 139228th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The deCéspedes surname appeared 120 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 deCéspedes.

We can also compare 2010 data for deCéspedes 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 deCéspedes

The surname DECESPEDES originated in Spain during the 13th century. It is derived from the Spanish words "de ces pedes", meaning "from those feet". This refers to an ancestor who had a distinctive physical feature or gait related to their feet.

The name first appeared in records from the region of Andalusia in southern Spain. It was initially spelled in various ways, such as "De Ces Pedes", "De Cespedes", and "De Zespedes", before the modern spelling became standardized.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name is found in the Libro de las Behetrías de Castilla, a manuscript from the 14th century that documented landowners and their properties in the Kingdom of Castile. The name appears as "De Cespedes" in reference to a landowner from the town of Écija in the province of Seville.

In the 16th century, a notable figure with this surname was Benito Arias Montano (1527-1598), a Spanish scholar and humanist who was involved in the preparation of the Biblia Polyglotta Complutensis, an important polyglot Bible published in 1572.

Another prominent individual was Diego de Zúñiga y Céspedes (1551-1627), a Spanish military leader and diplomat who served as the Governor of Milan and the Ambassador to the Holy See.

During the 17th century, Juan de Céspedes y Velasco (1619-1677) was a Spanish painter and poet who is considered one of the most important representatives of the Baroque period in Seville.

In the 18th century, Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses (1704-1784) was a Spanish explorer and navigator who participated in several expeditions to the Pacific Ocean and was instrumental in the establishment of Spanish settlements in California.

Another notable figure from this time period was Andrés de Céspedes y Monroy (1727-1786), a Spanish priest and scholar who was elected as the Bishop of Havana in 1768 and later served as the Bishop of Valladolid.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name deCéspedes

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

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

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