Puebla last name popularity, history, and meaning

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

Meaning of Puebla

A toponymic surname referring to someone from the city or region of Puebla in Mexico.

Puebla, 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 Puebla surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Puebla in America

Puebla is the 13815th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Puebla surname appeared 2,188 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 Puebla.

We can also compare 2010 data for Puebla 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.

2010 2000 Change (%)
Rank 13815 18269 -27.76%
Count 2,188 1,401 43.86%
Proportion per 100k 0.74 0.52 34.92%

The history of the last name Puebla

The surname Puebla originated in Spain during the medieval period. It is derived from the Spanish word "pueblo," which means "town" or "village." The name likely referred to someone who lived in or came from a particular town or village.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Puebla can be found in the Becerro de las Behetrias, a medieval document that recorded the names of landowners and their properties in the Kingdom of Castile. This document dates back to the 14th century.

In the 16th century, during the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the name Puebla was brought to the New World. It is believed that some of the earliest settlers in the region now known as Mexico bore this surname.

One notable person with the surname Puebla was Juan de Puebla, a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Mexico alongside Hernán Cortés in the early 16th century. He was born around 1480 and died in the mid-1500s.

Another individual of historical significance was Toribio de Puebla, a Spanish Catholic missionary who lived in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. He was one of the first Franciscan friars to arrive in the Americas and played a role in evangelizing the indigenous populations.

In the 17th century, a prominent figure with the surname Puebla was Juan de Puebla y Mendoza, a Spanish nobleman and military officer who served as the Governor of Cuba from 1660 to 1663.

In the 18th century, a notable bearer of the name was José Puebla Longo, a Spanish painter and engraver who was active in the late 1700s and early 1800s. He is known for his religious artworks and portraits.

Lastly, in the 19th century, José María Puebla y Arámbarri was a Spanish politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Congress of Deputies, representing the province of Navarre, in the latter half of the 1800s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Puebla

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

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 Puebla was:

Race/Ethnicity Percentage Total Occurrences
Non-Hispanic White Only 5.07% 111
Non-Hispanic Black Only 0.41% 9
Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only 0.32% 7
Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native (S)% (S)
Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races (S)% (S)
Hispanic Origin 94.10% 2,059

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 Puebla has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

2010 2000 Change (%)
White 5.07% 5.35% -5.37%
Black 0.41% 0.64% -43.81%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.32% (S)% (S)%
American Indian and Alaskan Native (S)% (S)% (S)%
Two or More Races (S)% (S)% (S)%
Hispanic 94.10% 93.36% 0.79%

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

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