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

DeLaGuardia, 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 DeLaGuardia surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of DeLaGuardia in America

DeLaGuardia is the 63373rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The DeLaGuardia surname appeared 315 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 DeLaGuardia.

We can also compare 2010 data for DeLaGuardia 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 DeLaGuardia

The surname DELAGUARDIA is of Spanish origin, traced back to the 15th century in the region of Castile. It is derived from the Spanish words "de la" meaning "from the" and "guardia" meaning "guard" or "watchman". This suggests the name may have originally referred to someone who worked as a guard or watchman, likely in a castle or other fortified structure.

The earliest recorded references to the name appear in municipal records and tax rolls from towns and villages in central Spain during the late 1400s and early 1500s. Variations in spelling are found, such as De La Guardia, Delaguadia, and Delagoardia, reflecting the evolution of the name over time.

One notable early bearer of the name was Juan Delaguardia, a soldier who fought in the Spanish conquest of Mexico under Hernán Cortés in the early 16th century. Records indicate he was born around 1495 in Valladolid, Spain and accompanied Cortés on his expedition to the New World in 1519.

In the 17th century, the name is found in various court documents and property records from the region of Andalusia in southern Spain. A prominent figure was Rodrigo Delaguardia, a wealthy landowner and local magistrate born in Seville around 1620.

Another notable individual was María Delaguardia, a nun and writer who lived in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. She authored several religious texts and was born in Granada around 1675.

As the Spanish Empire expanded, the name spread to other parts of the world, including the Americas. One notable example is Juan José Delaguardia, a military officer and governor of Spanish Florida in the late 18th century, born in Havana, Cuba around 1740.

In the 19th century, the name is found in various records from Spain and Latin American countries with Spanish heritage, such as Mexico, Cuba, and Argentina. One example is Pedro Delaguardia, a successful businessman and landowner in Buenos Aires, Argentina, born in 1825.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name DeLaGuardia

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

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

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