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

Delagarza, 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 Delagarza surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Delagarza in America

Delagarza is the 3334th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Delagarza surname appeared 10,759 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 people would have the surname Delagarza.

We can also compare 2010 data for Delagarza 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 Delagarza

The surname DELAGARZA originated in Spain during the medieval period. It is a locative name, derived from the Spanish words "de la" meaning "from the" and "garza" meaning "heron." This suggests that the name originally referred to someone who lived near a place where herons were found, such as a marsh or wetland area.

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in various Spanish documents from the 14th and 15th centuries. One notable example is Juan Delagarza, a soldier who fought in the Reconquista against the Moors in the late 15th century.

As the Spanish Empire expanded, the DELAGARZA name spread to other parts of Europe and eventually to the Americas during the colonial era. One of the earliest recorded bearers of the name in the New World was Pedro Delagarza, a conquistador who accompanied Hernán Cortés during the conquest of Mexico in the early 16th century.

In the 17th century, the DELAGARZA name appeared in several official records in Spain and its colonies, including the Relaciones de Méritos y Servicios, which documented the achievements and services of Spanish colonists. One prominent figure was Juana Delagarza, a landowner in New Spain (modern-day Mexico) who was involved in a legal dispute over property rights in the 1630s.

The 18th century saw the rise of several notable DELAGARZA figures, including Antonio Delagarza, a Spanish military officer who served in the Spanish Army during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Another notable bearer of the name was María Delagarza, a renowned painter in colonial Mexico who specialized in religious art and portraiture.

In the 19th century, one of the most prominent individuals with the DELAGARZA surname was Miguel Delagarza, a Mexican politician and intellectual who played a significant role in the country's independence movement. He was born in 1789 and served as a member of the Mexican Congress during the early years of the independent Mexican nation.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Delagarza

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

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

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