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

Mejía-González, 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 Mejía-González surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Mejía-González in America

Mejía-González is the 132206th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Mejía-González surname appeared 128 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 Mejía-González.

The history of the last name Mejía-González

The surname MEJIAGONZALEZ has its origins in Spain, tracing back to the medieval period. It is a compound surname, formed by the combination of the Spanish surnames Mejia and Gonzalez.

The Mejia portion of the name is derived from the Spanish word "mejia," meaning "cheek" or "jaw." This surname likely originated as a descriptive name, referring to a person with a prominent or distinctive jaw or cheekbones. It may also have been an occupational name for a person who made or sold cheek pieces for armor or horse harnesses.

The Gonzalez portion of the name is a patronymic surname, meaning it derives from a given name. It is formed from the Spanish personal name Gonzalo, which itself comes from the Germanic name Gundisalvus, meaning "battle watchman" or "war watchman."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Mejia can be found in the Catalonian record of the Fueros de Valencia, a legal code compiled in the 13th century. The name Gonzalez has even older roots, appearing in the Codex Calixtinus, a 12th century manuscript associated with the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.

Among notable historical figures bearing these surnames, there was Pedro Mejia (1499-1551), a Spanish historian and author of the work "Historia Imperial y Cesarea." Another was Fernando Mejia (1538-1618), a Spanish military leader and governor of Chile.

On the Gonzalez side, there was Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453-1515), a Spanish military leader known as "El Gran Capitán" (The Great Captain) for his successful campaigns in Italy. Later, there was Tirso de Molina (1579-1648), whose real name was Gabriel Téllez Gonzalez, a Spanish poet and dramatist of the Golden Age.

In more recent history, notable individuals with the surname MEJIAGONZALEZ include Manuel Mejia Gonzalez (1923-2008), a Colombian politician and diplomat who served as ambassador to several countries, and Alfredo Mejia Gonzalez (1945-2021), a Nicaraguan writer and journalist known for his works on Central American history and culture.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Mejía-González

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Mejía-González.

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 Mejía-González 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 Mejía-González was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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