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

Escudero, 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 Escudero surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Escudero in America

Escudero is the 9684th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Escudero surname appeared 3,352 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Escudero.

We can also compare 2010 data for Escudero 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 Escudero

The surname Escudero originated in Spain and dates back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Spanish word "escudero," which means "squire" or "shield bearer." This was a title given to young men who served as attendants to knights and carried their shields during battles.

The name first appeared in the medieval records of the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Castile. It is believed that some of the earliest bearers of this surname were members of noble families who had squires in their service. The name may have been adopted as a hereditary surname by these squires or their descendants.

One of the earliest known references to the name Escudero can be found in the Fuero de Teruel, a legal code written in the 13th century for the city of Teruel in the region of Aragon. This document mentions several individuals with the surname Escudero, indicating that it was already established as a family name by that time.

In the 14th century, the name Escudero appeared in the Libro de la Montería, a hunting treatise commissioned by King Alfonso XI of Castile. This book lists various landowners and their properties, including several individuals with the surname Escudero who owned estates in different parts of Spain.

One notable person with the surname Escudero was Pedro Escudero, a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquest of the Canary Islands in the 15th century. Born around 1440, he was one of the first Europeans to settle on the island of La Palma.

Another famous Escudero was Juan Bautista Escudero, a Spanish painter who lived in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He was renowned for his religious paintings and worked on commissions for churches and monasteries in Madrid and other parts of Spain.

In the 18th century, José Escudero was a Spanish military officer who served in the Bourbon armies during the War of the Spanish Succession. He fought in several battles against the forces of the Archduke Charles, including the Battle of Almansa in 1707.

The surname Escudero has also been associated with notable figures in more recent history, such as Jesús Escudero Aranda, a Spanish composer and musician born in 1912, and Enrique Escudero Pita, a Spanish politician and diplomat who served as the ambassador to the United Nations in the 1970s.

Over time, the surname Escudero has spread beyond Spain and can now be found in various parts of the world, particularly in regions with significant Spanish or Hispanic populations, such as Latin America and the United States.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Escudero

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

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

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