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

Dicochea, 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 Dicochea surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dicochea in America

Dicochea is the 52736th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dicochea surname appeared 393 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 Dicochea.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dicochea 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 Dicochea

The surname DICOCHEA has its origins in the Basque region of northern Spain and southwestern France, dating back to the early medieval period. It is believed to have derived from the Basque words "di" meaning "the" and "cochea" meaning "small hill" or "mound." This suggests that the name may have initially referred to someone who lived near or on a small hill or elevated area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name DICOCHEA can be found in the Cartulario de San Millán de la Cogolla, a 10th-century manuscript from the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla in La Rioja, Spain. The document mentions a person named "Didaco de Cocheya," which is likely an early spelling variation of the surname.

In the 13th century, there are records of a noble family bearing the name DICOCHEA in the Basque Country. One prominent member was Juan Pérez de Dicochea, who served as a military commander during the Reconquista, the period of Christian conquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors.

During the 15th century, the DICOCHEA name appeared in the town of Markina-Xemein in the Basque province of Biscay. This may have been associated with a place name or locality within the town, reflecting the surname's origins as a topographic descriptor.

Notable individuals with the surname DICOCHEA throughout history include:

1. Diego de Dicochea (c. 1530-1605), a Spanish soldier and explorer who accompanied Francisco Pizarro in the conquest of Peru.
2. Martín de Dicochea (1585-1648), a Basque priest and theologian who served as a professor at the University of Salamanca.
3. Juan Bautista de Dicochea (1671-1739), a Spanish naval officer and cartographer who created detailed maps of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
4. María Josefa de Dicochea (1738-1802), a Spanish nun and writer who authored several religious texts and poems.
5. Francisco Javier de Dicochea (1810-1879), a Basque politician and diplomat who served as the Spanish ambassador to the United Kingdom.

While the DICOCHEA surname has its roots in the Basque region, it has since spread to other parts of Spain and beyond, carried by migration and the dispersal of families over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dicochea

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

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

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