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

Larancuent, 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 Larancuent surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Larancuent in America

Larancuent is the 142108th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Larancuent surname appeared 117 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 Larancuent.

The history of the last name Larancuent

The surname LARANCUENT has its origins in the Basque region of northern Spain, tracing back to the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Basque words "laran" meaning valley and "kuente" meaning count or lord, suggesting that the name may have originally referred to a person holding authority over a particular valley or region.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name LARANCUENT appears in a 14th-century document from the village of Lekunberri, where a nobleman named Juan de LARANCUENT is mentioned as a landowner. This area was part of the Kingdom of Navarre, which had strong cultural ties to the Basque people.

In the 16th century, a branch of the LARANCUENT family is believed to have settled in the town of Ezkurra, located in the Navarrese region of Spain. The name is found in local parish records from this time, with variations in spelling such as LARANQUENTE and LARANQUENT.

During the Spanish Inquisition, a man named Pedro LARANCUENT was persecuted for his religious beliefs and forced to flee to France in the late 1600s. He eventually settled in the town of Bayonne, near the French-Spanish border, where his descendants continued to use the surname.

In the 18th century, a notable figure named Miguel LARANCUENT served as a military officer in the Spanish army during the Napoleonic Wars. He was born in 1775 in Pamplona and participated in several battles against the French forces.

Another notable LARANCUENT was Juana LARANCUENT, a painter and artist who lived in the Basque city of San Sebastián in the early 19th century. Her works, mostly portraits and landscapes, were highly regarded in the region during her lifetime.

While the surname LARANCUENT is relatively uncommon, it has managed to maintain its Basque roots and can still be found in parts of northern Spain and southwestern France to this day.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Larancuent

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

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 Larancuent 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.

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

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