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

Lobato, 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 Lobato surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lobato in America

Lobato is the 8201st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lobato surname appeared 4,047 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 Lobato.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lobato 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 Lobato

The surname Lobato originates from Portugal and Spain, dating back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Spanish and Portuguese word "lobo," meaning wolf. The name likely referred to someone who lived near a wolf's den or someone with wolf-like characteristics.

The earliest recorded instances of the Lobato surname can be found in medieval Portuguese and Spanish documents. One notable example is Pero Lobato, a Portuguese nobleman who lived in the 13th century and served as a military commander during the Reconquista.

In the 14th century, the Lobato name appeared in the Libro de la Montería, a hunting book commissioned by King Alfonso XI of Castile. This book recorded various place names associated with hunting grounds, including Lobatos, a village in the province of Burgos, Spain.

During the 15th century, the Lobato surname gained prominence in the Canary Islands, where several families with this name settled after the Spanish conquest. One notable figure was Juan Lobato, a conquistador who participated in the conquest of the island of Gran Canaria in the late 15th century.

In the 16th century, the Lobato name was documented in various regions of Spain and Portugal, including Extremadura, Andalusia, and the Azores Islands. One notable bearer of the name was Diego Lobato, a Spanish explorer who accompanied Hernán Cortés on his expedition to Mexico in the early 1500s.

Another prominent Lobato was Manuel Lobato Sánchez, a Spanish military officer who fought against the Napoleonic forces in the early 19th century. He was born in 1776 and became a celebrated hero for his role in the Battle of Bailén in 1808.

In the 20th century, the Lobato surname was carried by several notable individuals, such as José Lobato, a Spanish painter born in 1908, and Joaquín Lobato, a Mexican writer and journalist born in 1920.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lobato

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

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

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