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

Joaquin, 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 Joaquin surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Joaquin in America

Joaquin is the 9172nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Joaquin surname appeared 3,559 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Joaquin.

We can also compare 2010 data for Joaquin 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 Joaquin

The surname JOAQUIN originated in Spain and Portugal during the medieval period. It is derived from the Hebrew personal name Yoaqim, which means "raised by Yahweh". The name was likely introduced to the Iberian Peninsula by Sephardic Jews and later adopted by Christians.

JOAQUIN is a variant spelling of the more common Spanish surname Joaquín. In its earliest recorded forms, it was sometimes spelled Joackin or Joachin. The name is related to the English name Joachim, which shares the same Hebrew roots.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname JOAQUIN can be found in the 14th century Castilian manuscript known as the Cancionero de Baena, a collection of medieval Spanish poetry. This suggests the name was already in use among the Spanish nobility by the late Middle Ages.

During the Age of Exploration, the surname JOAQUIN was carried to the Americas by Spanish conquistadors and colonists. Notable individuals with this surname from this period include Juan JOAQUIN (1505-1565), a Spanish explorer and founder of the city of Guayaquil in present-day Ecuador.

In the 17th century, the JOAQUIN surname can be found in records from the Spanish colonial era in Mexico and the Philippines. One prominent figure was Pedro JOAQUIN Quintana (1660-1735), a Spanish missionary and linguist who studied and documented several indigenous languages of Mexico.

The 19th century saw the rise of several influential JOAQUIN figures in Latin American history. These include José María JOAQUIN Fernández de Lizardi (1776-1827), a Mexican writer and journalist considered the father of the novel in Mexico, and Manuel JOAQUIN Machado (1805-1882), a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru from 1840 to 1841.

Other notable individuals with the JOAQUIN surname include the 20th century Spanish painter Joaquín JOAQUIN Torres-García (1874-1949), known for his influential role in the development of modern art in Uruguay, and Joaquín JOAQUIN Balaguer (1906-2002), a Dominican writer, diplomat, and long-serving President of the Dominican Republic.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Joaquin

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

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

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