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

Izurieta, 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 Izurieta surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Izurieta in America

Izurieta is the 58337th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Izurieta surname appeared 348 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 Izurieta.

We can also compare 2010 data for Izurieta 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 Izurieta

The surname Izurieta originates from the Basque region of Spain and France. It likely derives from the Basque words "itzu" meaning dark or black, and "rieta" meaning stream or creek, suggesting the name may have referred to a dark stream or waterway in the area where the earliest bearers lived.

The Izurieta name first appeared in records from the 16th century in the provinces of Gipuzkoa and Navarra in northern Spain. An early documented instance was Domingo Izurieta, born around 1530 in the village of Oiartzun, Gipuzkoa. The name was also found in variants like Yçurieta and Izurrieta in older manuscripts.

One of the earliest known references to the Izurieta name is in the "Libro de Repartimiento de Navarra" from 1366, which recorded landholdings and taxpayers in the Kingdom of Navarre. This suggests the name existed in that region prior to the 16th century records.

Notable individuals with the Izurieta surname include Juan de Izurieta, a 17th century Spanish composer and organist active in Pamplona around 1650. Martín de Izurieta was a Basque military officer who fought in the Spanish conquest of Chile in the late 16th century.

In the 19th century, José María Izurieta was an Ecuadorian politician and diplomat who served as President of Ecuador in 1876. Gonzalo Izurieta, born in 1885, was an acclaimed Ecuadorian poet and writer known for works like "Alma Romana" and "Poemas Escogidos."

Sebastián Izurieta, born in 1903 in Ecuador, was a notable painter and sculptor whose works are exhibited in museums across South America. He is considered one of the most influential Ecuadorian artists of the 20th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Izurieta

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

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

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