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

Treviño, 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 Treviño surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Treviño in America

Treviño is the 105600th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Treviño surname appeared 169 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 Treviño.

We can also compare 2010 data for Treviño 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 Treviño

The surname Trevinio originated in the Basque region of Spain and France, an area spanning the western Pyrenees. It likely derived from the Basque word "treviño," meaning a small village or hamlet. This suggests the name's earliest bearers hailed from a specific locale with that moniker.

Records dating back to the 12th century mention individuals with the surname Trevinio living in the Basque provinces of Álava and Navarre. An early written reference appears in a 1187 charter from the Monastery of Santa María la Real de Nájera, which lists one Sancho Trevinio among its signatories.

By the 13th century, the Trevinio name had spread to other parts of the Iberian Peninsula, including the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. A notable bearer was Pedro Trevinio (c.1220-1295), a renowned scholar and prelate who served as Bishop of Ávila.

As the Spanish Empire expanded across the Atlantic, the Trevinio surname made its way to the New World. One of the earliest recorded instances in the Americas is that of Juan de Trevinio, who arrived in Mexico with Hernán Cortés in 1519.

In the centuries that followed, the Trevinio name took root in various Latin American countries, including Mexico, Guatemala, and Venezuela. A prominent figure was José Trevinio (1768-1843), a Mexican military officer and politician who played a key role in the Mexican War of Independence.

Other notable individuals bearing this surname include Jacinto Trevino (1836-1865), a Mexican-American rancher and businessman who co-founded the town of Corpus Christi, Texas; Manuel Trevino (1828-1905), a Mexican general who fought in the Franco-Prussian War; and Tomás Trevino (1864-1928), a Mexican-American cowboy and folk hero known as the "King of the Rustlers."

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Treviño

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

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

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