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

GarcíaMejía, 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 GarcíaMejía surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of GarcíaMejía in America

GarcíaMejía is the 109258th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The GarcíaMejía surname appeared 162 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 GarcíaMejía.

The history of the last name GarcíaMejía

The surname GARCIAMEJIA originated in Spain during the medieval period. It is a compound surname, combining the patronymic Garcia, derived from the Visigothic personal name Garcias, with the locative Mejia, which refers to the town of Mejia in the province of Granada, Spain.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname can be found in the 13th-century Libro de la Montería, a hunting treatise compiled under the reign of King Alfonso XI of Castile. The document mentions a certain Pedro Garcia de Mejia, who was a member of the king's hunting party.

In the 15th century, a notable figure bearing this surname was Hernán García Mejía, a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Peru alongside Francisco Pizarro. He was born around 1490 in Trujillo, Spain, and died in 1548 in Lima, Peru.

Another prominent individual was Diego García de Mejía, a 16th-century Spanish soldier and writer. He served in the Spanish army during the Italian Wars and later wrote a military treatise titled "Doctrina Militar" published in 1595.

During the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the surname GARCIAMEJIA spread to various regions, including Mexico and Central America. One notable bearer was Pedro García Mejía, a 17th-century Spanish colonial administrator who served as the governor of Costa Rica from 1679 to 1682.

In the 19th century, a notable bearer of the surname was José María García Mejía, a Guatemalan politician and military leader who served as President of Guatemala from 1865 to 1871. He played a significant role in the Liberal Revolution of 1871, which aimed to modernize and secularize the country.

The surname GARCIAMEJIA has also been associated with various place names and older spellings throughout its history. For instance, the town of Mejía in Granada was formerly known as Meyxía or Mexía, which may have influenced the spelling of the locative portion of the surname in some cases.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name GarcíaMejía

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

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 GarcíaMejía 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.

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

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