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

Herazo, 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 Herazo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Herazo in America

Herazo is the 111988th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Herazo surname appeared 157 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 Herazo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Herazo 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 Herazo

The surname HERAZO originates from Spain and can be traced back to the 15th century. It is believed to have derived from the Spanish word "herrazo," which means "large nail" or "spike." This suggests that the name may have been given to someone who worked with metal or had a distinct physical characteristic related to nails or spikes.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name HERAZO can be found in the baptismal records of the parish of San Pedro in Seville, Spain, where a certain Alonso Herazo was baptized in 1487. Another notable historical figure with this surname was Hernando Herazo, a Spanish conquistador who accompanied Francisco Pizarro on his conquest of Peru in the 16th century.

In the 17th century, the HERAZO surname appeared in various documents from the Canary Islands, suggesting that individuals bearing this name may have migrated from the Spanish mainland to the islands during this period. One such record mentions a Juan Herazo, a prominent landowner in the town of Tegueste, Tenerife, in the late 1600s.

As the Spanish empire expanded across the Americas, the HERAZO surname also spread to the New World. In the early 19th century, a notable figure named Tomás Herazo y Montes de Oca (1789-1854) was a Colombian poet and politician who served as the governor of the province of Cartagena.

Another remarkable individual with the HERAZO surname was Juan José Herazo (1920-1992), a Colombian poet and writer widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Latin American literature of the 20th century. His most acclaimed work, "El Viaje del Agua" ("The Journey of Water"), published in 1962, earned him widespread recognition and numerous literary awards.

The HERAZO name has also been associated with various place names in Spain and Latin America. For example, there is a small town called Herazo in the province of Seville, Spain, as well as a municipality named Herazo in the department of Córdoba, Colombia.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Herazo

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

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

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