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

Pajuelo, 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 Pajuelo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Pajuelo in America

Pajuelo is the 78316th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Pajuelo surname appeared 244 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 Pajuelo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Pajuelo 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 Pajuelo

The surname PAJUELO originated in Spain and is derived from the Spanish word "pajuela" which means "small straw" or "straw stem". It likely referred to a person who worked with straw or lived near a field of straw.

The name can be traced back to the late 15th century in the region of Castile, Spain. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name is from a census record in the city of Valladolid in 1492, listing a family with the surname PAJUELO.

In the 16th century, the name appeared in several historical documents and records, including a land deed in the town of Medina del Campo from 1523, which mentions a Pedro PAJUELO as the owner of a small vineyard.

A notable figure with this surname was Juan PAJUELO, a Spanish painter born in Seville in 1567. He was known for his religious paintings and artwork commissioned by churches and monasteries in Andalusia.

Another person of note was María PAJUELO, a nun who lived in the convent of Santa Clara in Toledo in the early 17th century. She is mentioned in the convent's records from 1612 as a skilled embroiderer and seamstress.

In the late 18th century, a soldier named Francisco PAJUELO fought in the Spanish Army during the Peninsular War against Napoleon's forces. He was born in 1783 in the village of Villanueva de la Serena and is recorded as being part of the Battle of Bailén in 1808.

The surname PAJUELO also has connections to the town of Pajuelo, located in the province of Cáceres in western Spain. It's possible that some individuals with this surname may have originated from or had ties to this particular place.

Another notable figure was Antonio PAJUELO, a Spanish explorer born in Cádiz in 1820. He is known for his expeditions to the Amazon region of South America in the mid-19th century, where he documented various indigenous tribes and their customs.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Pajuelo

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

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

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