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

Echartea, 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 Echartea surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Echartea in America

Echartea is the 104156th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Echartea surname appeared 172 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 Echartea.

We can also compare 2010 data for Echartea 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 Echartea

The surname Echartea originated in the Basque region of Spain and France during the 15th century. It is derived from the Basque words "etxe" meaning "house" and "arte" meaning "between," suggesting the name may have referred to a person who lived between or near two houses.

Early records show the name was commonly spelled as Echartea, Echartia, or Etxartea in the Basque Country and the neighboring regions of Navarre and Gipuzkoa. The earliest known reference to the name appears in a land registry from the town of Hernani in 1492, where a certain Juan de Echartea is listed as a landowner.

In the 16th century, the name is found in various municipal records and census documents from the Basque provinces. Notably, a Pedro Echartea was a prominent merchant in the city of San Sebastian during the reign of King Charles I of Spain (1516-1556).

The name Echartea also has a connection to the Basque nobility. In the 17th century, a branch of the Echartea family was granted a coat of arms and recognized as part of the lesser nobility in the region. A famous member of this noble line was Miguel Echartea (1621-1697), who served as a military commander in the Spanish Army during the Thirty Years' War.

As the Basque diaspora spread across Spain and the Americas in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Echartea name traveled with them. Juan Bautista Echartea (1742-1823) was a Spanish explorer and cartographer who mapped parts of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America. Another notable figure was Francisco Echartea (1789-1867), a Basque-Argentine politician and diplomat who played a key role in the early years of Argentine independence.

In the 20th century, one of the most prominent individuals with the Echartea surname was José Echartea (1911-1998), a renowned Basque writer and journalist who worked to preserve and promote the Basque language and culture during the Franco dictatorship in Spain.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Echartea

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

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

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