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

Labayen, 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 Labayen surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Labayen in America

Labayen is the 118853rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Labayen surname appeared 146 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 Labayen.

We can also compare 2010 data for Labayen 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 Labayen

The surname Labayen is believed to have originated in the Basque region of northern Spain and southwestern France. The name is thought to be derived from the Basque words "labe" meaning "oven" or "furnace" and "yen" which could refer to a person or place.

One theory suggests that the name may have originated from a place name, possibly referring to a location where ovens or furnaces were located. Another theory proposes that the name may have been an occupational surname, given to someone who worked with ovens or furnaces, such as a baker or metalworker.

While the exact origins of the name are unclear, there are records of the Labayen surname dating back to the 16th century in the Basque region. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name is found in a document from the town of Bermeo, near Bilbao, in 1562, where a person named Juan de Labayen is mentioned.

In the 17th century, a notable figure with the surname Labayen was Pedro de Labayen, a Basque military officer who served in the Spanish army during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648). He was born in Renteria, Gipuzkoa, in 1598 and died in 1667.

Another prominent individual with this surname was Miguel de Labayen, a Basque painter active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was known for his religious paintings and works commissioned by churches and monasteries in the Basque region. Labayen was born in Irun, Gipuzkoa, in 1670 and died in 1737.

In the 19th century, Martín Labayen y Sanchez was a Spanish politician and lawyer who served as a deputy in the Spanish Cortes (parliament) in the 1860s. He was born in Bilbao in 1823 and died in 1899.

More recently, José Antonio Labayen Sancho was a Spanish businessman and entrepreneur who founded the construction company Labayen Sancho S.A. in the mid-20th century. He was born in Renteria, Gipuzkoa, in 1914 and died in 2002.

While the Labayen surname is most commonly found in the Basque region of Spain and France, it has also spread to other parts of the world due to migration and immigration patterns over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Labayen

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

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

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