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

Sucre, 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 Sucre surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Sucre in America

Sucre is the 84463rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Sucre surname appeared 222 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 Sucre.

We can also compare 2010 data for Sucre 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 Sucre

The surname Sucre has its origins in Spain and is derived from the Spanish word "azúcar," which means sugar. This is believed to be an occupational name referring to someone who worked with or traded in sugar.

The earliest recorded examples of the Sucre surname date back to the late 15th century, around the time when the Spanish began cultivating sugar cane in the Canary Islands and the West Indies. Some of the first mentions of the name can be found in records from the Canary Islands and the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean.

One notable early bearer of the Sucre surname was Antonio José de Sucre, a Venezuelan independence leader and one of Simón Bolívar's closest allies. He was born in 1795 in Cumaná, Venezuela, and played a crucial role in the battles that led to the independence of Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia. The city of Sucre in Bolivia was named in his honor after his death in 1830.

Another historically significant figure with the Sucre surname was José María Sucre, a Colombian politician and military leader who served as the President of Colombia from 1835 to 1837. He was born in 1799 in Buga, Colombia, and played a significant role in the civil wars that followed Colombia's independence from Spain.

In the United States, one of the earliest recorded instances of the Sucre surname can be traced back to Juan Sucre, a Spanish settler who arrived in St. Augustine, Florida, in the late 16th century. He was one of the earliest Spanish colonists in what is now the United States.

Other notable individuals with the Sucre surname include José Dolores Sucre, a Venezuelan military officer and politician who served as the President of Venezuela from 1892 to 1893, and Luis Sucre, a Bolivian writer and poet who was born in 1902 and is considered one of the most influential figures in Bolivian literature.

While the Sucre surname is most commonly associated with Spanish-speaking countries, it has also spread to other parts of the world through migration and intermarriage. However, its roots can be traced back to the sugar trade and the Spanish colonization of the Americas, which played a significant role in the spread of this surname.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Sucre

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

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

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