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

Pegoda, 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 Pegoda surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Pegoda in America

Pegoda is the 141140th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Pegoda surname appeared 118 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 Pegoda.

We can also compare 2010 data for Pegoda 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 Pegoda

The surname PEGODA is believed to have originated in the region of Andalusia, Spain during the 15th century. It is derived from the Arabic word "baqada," which means "to remain" or "to persist." This suggests that the name may have been given to a family or individual who remained in a particular location or persisted in a certain occupation or way of life.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Libro de Repartimiento de Sevilla, a document from the 13th century that recorded the distribution of land and properties in Seville after the Christian conquest. The name PEGODA appears several times in this record, indicating that it was already in use during this period.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the name PEGODA began to spread beyond Andalusia to other parts of Spain and its colonies in the Americas. Notable individuals bearing this surname include:

1. Juan Pérez Pegoda (c. 1520 - 1585), a Spanish explorer and navigator who accompanied Francisco Pizarro on his expeditions to Peru.

2. María Pegoda de Mendoza (c. 1560 - 1632), a wealthy landowner and philanthropist in New Spain (present-day Mexico).

3. Pedro Pegoda y Zúñiga (1610 - 1678), a Spanish military officer who served in the Thirty Years' War and later became the governor of Puerto Rico.

4. Francisca Pegoda Velázquez (1675 - 1745), a renowned writer and poet from Seville, known for her contribution to the literary movement known as the Spanish Golden Age.

5. Ignacio Pegoda Ramírez (1785 - 1864), a prominent lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Spanish Parliament during the reign of Queen Isabella II.

In some regions of Spain, particularly in Andalusia and parts of Extremadura, variations of the name such as PAGODA, PÉGODA, and PEGUDA were also used. These variants may have arisen due to local dialects or variations in spelling and pronunciation over time.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Pegoda

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

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

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