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

Texta, 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 Texta surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Texta in America

Texta is the 118853rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Texta surname appeared 146 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 Texta.

The history of the last name Texta

The surname Texta is believed to have originated in the Basque region of northern Spain and southern France during the medieval period. The name itself is thought to be derived from the Basque word "texa," meaning "roof" or "covering," suggesting that the earliest bearers of the name may have been involved in the construction or maintenance of roofs.

One of the earliest known records of the name Texta appears in a 13th-century manuscript from the village of Sare, located in the Northern Basque Country region of France. This document refers to a local landowner named Juan Texta, who owned a sizable estate in the area.

In the 15th century, the Texta name gained prominence in the city of Bilbao, located in the Basque province of Biscay, Spain. During this time, a notable Basque merchant named Pedro Texta (c. 1420-1492) established a successful trading company that exported goods throughout Europe and the Mediterranean region.

The Texta surname can also be found in various historical documents from the Spanish provinces of Guipúzcoa and Álava, indicating that the name had spread across the Basque region by the 16th century. One prominent figure from this era was Martín Texta (c. 1550-1618), a Basque soldier who served in the Spanish army and participated in several campaigns against the Ottoman Empire.

As the Basque diaspora spread across Europe and the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Texta surname traveled with them. Notable individuals from this period include Juan Texta (c. 1670-1738), a Basque-born settler who established one of the first ranches in what is now Texas, and María Texta (c. 1725-1802), a Basque immigrant to Mexico who became renowned for her philanthropic work in the city of Veracruz.

In the 19th century, the Texta surname gained further recognition with the birth of Ramón Texta (1832-1912), a Spanish-Basque painter and artist who gained acclaim for his landscape paintings depicting the rugged beauty of the Basque Country.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Texta

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

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 Texta 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.

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

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