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

Goyzueta, 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 Goyzueta surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Goyzueta in America

Goyzueta is the 99378th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Goyzueta surname appeared 182 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 Goyzueta.

We can also compare 2010 data for Goyzueta 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 Goyzueta

The surname GOYZUETA has its origins in the Basque region of Spain and France. It is derived from the Basque words "goiz" meaning "early" and "zueta" meaning "meadow" or "pasture land". This suggests the name may have originally referred to someone who lived near or owned an early morning pasture.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name dates back to the 13th century in the village of Goizueta in Navarre, Spain. Historical records show a nobleman named Juan de Goyzueta who lived in this area around 1275. The village's name is believed to be the source of the surname.

In the 16th century, the name appears in records from the town of Urdazubi, also in Navarre. A man named Martín de Goyzueta is listed as a landowner there in 1523. Around this time, variant spellings like Goyzueta and Goyçueta start appearing.

The name spread across the Basque region over the centuries. Notable people with this surname include Pedro de Goyzueta (1572-1643), a Catholic bishop and writer from San Sebastián. In the 19th century, Juan José Goyzueta (1839-1904) was a Basque industrialist who founded a successful textile business.

One of the most famous bearers was Roberto C. Goizueta (1931-1997), the influential Cuban-American businessman who led Coca-Cola as CEO from 1981 to 1997 and was instrumental in making it a global brand. His ancestors came from the Basque region of Spain.

Another prominent individual was Ignacio Goyzueta (1766-1846), a captain in the Spanish navy who fought against the British in the Napoleonic Wars and later served as governor of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in the 1830s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Goyzueta

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

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

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