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

Gorostieta, 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 Gorostieta surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Gorostieta in America

Gorostieta is the 31211th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Gorostieta surname appeared 743 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 Gorostieta.

We can also compare 2010 data for Gorostieta 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 Gorostieta

The surname Gorostieta originates from the Basque Country, which straddles the western Pyrenees Mountains between Spain and France. It is believed to have emerged during the medieval period, sometime between the 11th and 13th centuries.

Gorostieta is a topographic name, derived from the Basque words "goro" meaning "high" and "stieta" meaning "place" or "location". It likely referred to someone who lived in a high or elevated place, such as a hilltop or mountain village.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Gorostieta surname can be found in the "Becerro Galicano de Villas de Vizcaya" (Galician Calfskin of the Towns of Biscay), a 14th-century census document from the region. The name appears in various spellings, including Gorostieta, Gorostiza, and Gorostiaga, reflecting the fluidity of spelling conventions in that era.

In the 16th century, a notable figure bearing the Gorostieta name was Juan de Gorostieta, a Spanish soldier and explorer who participated in the conquest of Mexico alongside Hernán Cortés. He was born around 1490 in the Basque region and died in the early 1540s.

Another historical figure with this surname was Pedro de Gorostieta, a 17th-century Basque architect and military engineer who worked on several fortifications and defensive structures in Spain and its territories. He was born in Bilbao around 1620 and died in the late 1600s.

In the 18th century, Ignacio de Gorostieta was a prominent Basque merchant and shipowner based in Bilbao. He was involved in the transatlantic trade between Spain and its colonies in the Americas, and his ships carried goods and passengers across the Atlantic.

During the 19th century, José María Gorostieta was a Mexican politician and military leader who played a role in the Mexican-American War and the Reform War. He was born in Guanajuato in 1808 and died in 1875.

In the early 20th century, Francisco Gorostieta was a Spanish painter and sculptor known for his cubist and abstract works. He was born in San Sebastián in 1892 and died in 1962 in Madrid.

While the Gorostieta surname is most commonly associated with the Basque regions of Spain and France, it has also spread to other parts of the world through migration, particularly to Latin American countries with Spanish colonial roots.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Gorostieta

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

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

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