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

Lagares, 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 Lagares surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lagares in America

Lagares is the 35582nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lagares surname appeared 632 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 Lagares.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lagares 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 Lagares

The surname Lagares has its origins in the Spanish and Portuguese languages. It is believed to have derived from the word "lagar," which means a winepress or a place where grapes were pressed for making wine. The name likely emerged during the medieval period in the regions of Spain and Portugal where viniculture was a prominent industry.

Lagares can be traced back to the 12th century in various records and manuscripts from the Iberian Peninsula. One notable early reference is in the "Libro de las Behetrías de Castilla" (Book of Domains of Castile), a 14th-century document that recorded landholdings and properties in the region.

The surname is often associated with place names, such as Lagares in the Portuguese district of Viana do Castelo or Lagares de Cristina in the Spanish province of Badajoz. These place names likely originated from the presence of winepresses or winemaking facilities in those areas.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Lagares was Juan de Lagares, a Spanish nobleman who lived in the 15th century and held lands near the town of Lagares in the province of León. Another notable figure was Alvaro de Lagares, a Portuguese explorer who participated in the voyages of discovery in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.

In the 16th century, Sebastián de Lagares was a Spanish conquistador who accompanied Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico. His participation in this historical event is documented in various chronicles from that period.

During the 17th century, Andrés de Lagares was a prominent Spanish painter and sculptor who created works for churches and monasteries in Seville and Córdoba. His artistic contributions have been studied and preserved by art historians.

In the 18th century, José Lagares was a renowned Spanish composer and musician who contributed to the development of the classical guitar repertoire and wrote several influential treatises on music theory.

These are just a few examples of notable individuals throughout history who bore the surname Lagares, reflecting its rich heritage and connections to various regions, occupations, and historical events in the Iberian Peninsula.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lagares

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

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

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