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

Sequera, 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 Sequera surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Sequera in America

Sequera is the 71478th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Sequera surname appeared 273 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 Sequera.

We can also compare 2010 data for Sequera 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 Sequera

The surname Sequera is of Spanish and Portuguese origin, believed to have emerged in the late medieval era around the 13th or 14th century. It is derived from the Latin word "sicca," meaning "dry" or "arid," and is closely related to the Spanish word "sequera," which means "drought."

The earliest known references to the name can be traced back to the regions of Castile and Andalusia in Spain, as well as parts of Portugal. It is believed that the name was initially used to describe individuals who lived in areas prone to droughts or arid climates.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Sequera name can be found in the "Libro de Repartimiento de Sevilla," a 13th-century manuscript that documented the distribution of land and property in the city of Seville, Spain, after its conquest by Ferdinand III in 1248. This document mentions several individuals with the surname Sequera, suggesting that the name was well-established in the region by that time.

In the 15th century, the surname Sequera appears in various historical records from the Kingdom of Aragon, including tax rolls and municipal documents. Notable individuals bearing this name during this period include Pedro de Sequera, a nobleman and landowner from Zaragoza, who lived in the late 15th century.

During the 16th century, the Sequera surname gained prominence in Spain and Portugal, with several notable figures emerging. One such individual was Juan de Sequera, a Spanish soldier and explorer who participated in the conquest of the Philippines in the late 16th century (c. 1550-1615).

Another notable bearer of the Sequera name was Gaspar de Sequera, a Portuguese navigator and explorer who captained several expeditions to the Indian Ocean and the East Indies in the early 16th century (c. 1480-1554).

In the 17th century, the Sequera surname can be found in various regions of Spain and its colonies in the Americas. One notable individual from this period was Diego de Sequera, a Spanish colonist who settled in Mexico and served as a local official in the city of Puebla in the mid-17th century (c. 1610-1680).

As the Spanish Empire expanded, the Sequera surname spread to other parts of the world, including the Philippines, where it can still be found today. One notable Filipino bearer of the name was Enrique Sequera, a lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives in the early 20th century (1876-1944).

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Sequera

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

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

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