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

Travieso, 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 Travieso surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Travieso in America

Travieso is the 22963rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Travieso surname appeared 1,114 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 Travieso.

We can also compare 2010 data for Travieso 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 Travieso

The surname TRAVIESO originated from Spain during the medieval period. It is derived from the Spanish word "travieso" which means mischievous, playful or naughty. This suggests the name may have been given as a nickname to someone with a mischievous or playful personality.

The earliest recorded instance of the TRAVIESO surname can be traced back to the 13th century in the region of Castile, Spain. It is believed to have originated as a descriptive nickname before becoming an inherited family name. Similar spellings from that era include Traviesso and Traviesoo.

In the 15th century, records show a Pedro TRAVIESO who was a merchant in the city of Seville. He is mentioned in local trade documents from 1467. Around the same time, a Juan TRAVIESO was a soldier who fought in the Reconquista, the campaigns by Christian rulers to regain control of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors.

During the 16th century, the TRAVIESO name began to appear in records from Spanish colonies in the Americas. One notable figure was Diego TRAVIESO, born in 1532 in Seville, who was among the early Spanish settlers in Mexico. He established a hacienda and became a prominent landholder in the region of Veracruz.

In the 17th century, a Maria TRAVIESO, born in 1621 in Cadiz, Spain, immigrated to the Spanish Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) with her family. She later married into the noble Van Acker family and her descendants continued to use the TRAVIESO name.

Another individual of note was José TRAVIESO, a Spanish military officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars in the early 19th century. He fought against the French invasion of Spain and later published memoirs detailing his experiences in the conflict.

Over the centuries, variations of the TRAVIESO name emerged, such as Traviezo and Traviesa, as the surname spread to other Spanish-speaking regions and countries through migration and colonization. However, the core meaning and origins trace back to the playful or mischievous nature associated with the original Spanish word.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Travieso

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

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

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