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

Garduño, 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 Garduño surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Garduño in America

Garduño is the 5073rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Garduño surname appeared 6,912 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Garduño.

We can also compare 2010 data for Garduño 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 Garduño

The surname Garduno originated in Spain, and its roots can be traced back to the medieval period. The earliest known spelling of the name was "Garduño," derived from the Basque words "garro" and "uno," which together mean "thick and rough hair" or "shaggy." This suggests that the name might have been initially used as a nickname for someone with a particularly unkempt appearance or thick, coarse hair.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Garduno name can be found in the Becerro de Beneficios de la Iglesia de Castilla, a 14th-century ecclesiastical document that documented the distribution of church benefices in the Kingdom of Castile. In this record, a certain "Juan Garduño" is mentioned as a cleric in the diocese of Palencia.

The name Garduno also appears in various historical records from the 15th and 16th centuries, particularly in the regions of Castile and Andalusia. For example, the famous Spanish historian and philosopher Rodrigo Sánchez de Arévalo, who lived from 1404 to 1470, mentions a "Diego Garduño" in his writings, describing him as a prominent merchant and landowner in the city of Seville.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, several individuals bearing the Garduno surname played significant roles in the exploration and colonization of the Americas. One notable figure was Juan Garduno, a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Mexico alongside Hernán Cortés in the early 1500s. Another was Pedro Garduno, a 17th-century explorer and cartographer who mapped parts of the Pacific Northwest and contributed to the expansion of Spanish settlements in what is now California.

As the centuries progressed, the Garduno name continued to spread across Spain and its territories, with various branches of the family establishing themselves in different regions. In the 18th century, a prominent military figure named Antonio Garduno served as a captain in the Spanish army and played a role in the defense of the city of Cartagena de Indias against British forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

In the 19th century, the Garduno surname gained further recognition through the accomplishments of individuals such as José María Garduno, a renowned Mexican lawyer and politician who served as a deputy in the Mexican Congress and played a crucial role in drafting several legal codes.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Garduño

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

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

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