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

Inguanzo, 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 Inguanzo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Inguanzo in America

Inguanzo is the 41100th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Inguanzo surname appeared 530 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 Inguanzo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Inguanzo 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 Inguanzo

The surname Inguanzo is of Spanish origin, specifically from the region of Cantabria in northern Spain. It is believed to have originated in the medieval period, around the 12th or 13th century.

Inguanzo is a locational surname, derived from a place name. It is thought to be related to the town of Inguanzo, located in the municipality of Liébana, Cantabria. The name Inguanzo itself is of uncertain origin, but it may be derived from the Basque language or from a pre-Roman Iberian language.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Inguanzo can be found in the Becerro de las Behetrías, a medieval census document from the 14th century. This document listed several individuals with the surname Inguanzo living in the Liébana region of Cantabria.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Inguanzo surname began to spread beyond Cantabria, as members of the family migrated to other parts of Spain and the Spanish colonies in the Americas. Notable individuals with the Inguanzo surname from this period include Juan de Inguanzo (1545-1621), a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator in Peru.

In the 18th century, Pedro Inguanzo y Rivero (1764-1836) was a prominent Spanish naval officer and explorer who participated in several expeditions to the Pacific Northwest region of North America. He was responsible for mapping and charting parts of the coast of what is now British Columbia and Washington state.

Another notable figure with the Inguanzo surname is Julio Inguanzo y Rivero (1915-1985), a Spanish artist and painter known for his avant-garde works and his association with the Dau al Set group of Catalan artists.

Other individuals with the Inguanzo surname include Ignacio Inguanzo (1920-2009), a Spanish engineer and businessman who played a significant role in the development of the Spanish automotive industry, and María Inguanzo (born 1947), a Spanish writer and novelist.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Inguanzo

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

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

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