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

Hechavarría, 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 Hechavarría surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hechavarría in America

Hechavarría is the 31360th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hechavarría surname appeared 739 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 Hechavarría.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hechavarría 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 Hechavarría

The surname "HECHAVARRIA" has its origins in Spain, specifically in the Basque region. It emerged during the Middle Ages, around the 13th or 14th century. The name is derived from the Basque words "etxe" meaning house and "barria" meaning new, suggesting it may have been given to someone who lived in a newly constructed house.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in a document from the town of Azpeitia, dated 1387, which mentions a person named Lope Hechavarria. Another early reference is in the records of the village of Zumaia from the year 1492, where a woman named Maria Hechavarria is listed.

In the 16th century, the name appears in various Spanish archives and records, such as the census of the city of Bilbao from 1548, which includes several families with the surname Hechavarria. During this period, variations in the spelling of the name can be found, including Echavarria, Echevarria, and Echeverria.

One notable figure with this surname was Juan de Hechavarria, a Spanish military officer who served in the Spanish Armada during the late 16th century. Another was Pedro de Hechavarria, a merchant and landowner from Vitoria-Gasteiz, who lived between 1587 and 1649.

In the 17th century, the name appears to have spread beyond the Basque region, with records showing individuals bearing the surname Hechavarria in other parts of Spain, such as Andalusia and Catalonia. One example is Miguel de Hechavarria, a poet and playwright from Seville who lived from 1621 to 1688.

As the Spanish empire expanded, the name also made its way to the Americas, with some of the earliest recorded instances being in Cuba and Mexico in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. One notable figure from this period was José María Hechavarria, a Cuban independence fighter who participated in the Ten Years' War against Spanish colonial rule, born in 1834 and died in 1901.

Another significant figure was Mariano Hechavarria y Petit, a Cuban landowner and businessman who owned vast sugar plantations and was involved in the development of the Cuban railway system. He lived from 1827 to 1903.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hechavarría

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

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

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