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

Quebedo, 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 Quebedo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Quebedo in America

Quebedo is the 108199th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Quebedo surname appeared 164 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 Quebedo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Quebedo 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 Quebedo

The surname Quebedo is believed to have originated in Portugal during the medieval period. It is derived from the Portuguese word "quebrado," meaning "broken" or "fragmented." This suggests that the name may have been given to someone who lived near a broken or fragmented area, such as a ravine or a rocky outcrop.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Quebedo surname can be found in the medieval Portuguese manuscript known as the "Livro Velho de Linhagens" (Old Book of Lineages), which dates back to the 13th century. This document mentions a nobleman named Alvaro Quebedo, who served as a knight under King Afonso III of Portugal in the 13th century.

Another notable figure bearing the Quebedo name was João Quebedo, a military commander who fought in the Portuguese conquest of Ceuta in 1415. He played a crucial role in the successful siege and capture of the city, which marked an important victory for the Portuguese Crown.

In the 16th century, the Quebedo surname appeared in several historical records related to the Portuguese exploration and colonization of Brazil. One such example is Pedro Quebedo, a navigator and explorer who was part of the expedition led by Martim Afonso de Sousa in the 1530s.

During the 17th century, the Quebedo family established itself in the Azores, an archipelago of Portuguese islands in the Atlantic Ocean. One prominent member of this family was Antônio Quebedo, a wealthy landowner and merchant who lived on the island of Terceira in the late 1600s.

The Quebedo surname can also be traced back to the region of Alentejo in southern Portugal, where it is associated with several place names, such as Quebedo and Quebedos. These place names likely originated from the presence of broken or fragmented terrain in those areas.

Other notable individuals with the Quebedo surname include José Quebedo, a Portuguese painter who lived in the 18th century and was known for his religious artwork, and Manuel Quebedo, a 19th-century poet and writer who published several collections of poems and stories.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Quebedo

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

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

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