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

Gavarrete, 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 Gavarrete surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Gavarrete in America

Gavarrete is the 61123rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Gavarrete surname appeared 329 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 Gavarrete.

We can also compare 2010 data for Gavarrete 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 Gavarrete

The surname Gavarrete has its origins in Spain, dating back to the medieval period. It is believed to have derived from the Spanish word "gaviarra," which referred to a type of thorn bush or scrub plant. This suggests that the name may have originally been a topographic designation, indicating that the earliest bearers of the name lived near or were associated with an area abundant in these plants.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Gavarrete surname can be found in the Becerro de las Behetrías de Castilla, a thirteenth-century document that catalogued the ownership of lands and villages in the region of Castile. This document mentions several individuals with the Gavarrete surname, indicating that the name was already established by that time.

In the fifteenth century, the Gavarrete family held significant influence and prominence in the city of Seville. Historical records from this period mention several notable individuals bearing the Gavarrete name, including Diego de Gavarrete, a respected jurist and legal scholar born around 1430, and Rodrigo de Gavarrete, a prominent merchant and trader who lived in the latter half of the same century.

During the Age of Exploration, the Gavarrete surname also made its mark on the annals of history. One of the most renowned figures was Andrés de Gavarrete, a Spanish navigator and explorer who participated in the famous Magellan-Elcano expedition, the first circumnavigation of the globe, in the early sixteenth century.

Another notable individual with the Gavarrete surname was Juan de Gavarrete, a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Nueva Vizcaya (present-day northern Mexico) in the late sixteenth century. His tenure was marked by efforts to improve the region's defenses against indigenous raids and promote the development of mining and agriculture.

In the realm of literature, the Gavarrete name was carried by Pedro de Gavarrete, a sixteenth-century Spanish poet and playwright whose works were highly regarded during the Golden Age of Spanish literature. His most famous work was the play "El Caballero de Olmedo," a tragic drama that explored themes of honor and love.

While the Gavarrete surname has its roots in Spain, it has since spread to various parts of the world, particularly to Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, as a result of migration and cultural diffusion over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Gavarrete

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

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

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