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

Urdaneta, 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 Urdaneta surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Urdaneta in America

Urdaneta is the 30043rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Urdaneta surname appeared 781 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 Urdaneta.

We can also compare 2010 data for Urdaneta 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 Urdaneta

The surname Urdaneta has its origins in the Basque region of Spain. It is believed to have emerged in the 15th or 16th century, derived from the Basque words "urdan" meaning "boar" and "eta" meaning "belonging to." This suggests the name may have originally referred to someone who lived near or worked with boars.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Urdaneta appears in a 16th-century document from the town of Villarreal de Alava, where a certain Andrés de Urdaneta is mentioned. This individual may have been related to the famous explorer and navigator Andrés de Urdaneta (1508-1568), who was part of the Spanish expedition that first circumnavigated the globe.

The name Urdaneta is also found in historical records from the nearby provinces of Biscay and Gipuzkoa, indicating its spread across the Basque Country. Variations in spelling, such as Urdanibia and Urdanibidea, are seen in some of these early records.

In the 17th century, a notable figure with the surname Urdaneta was Juan de Urdaneta (1608-1668), a Spanish soldier and governor of the Philippines. Another prominent individual was the 18th-century Spanish naval officer and explorer Antonio de Urdaneta y Rentería (1700-1768), who conducted expeditions in the Pacific Ocean.

During the 19th century, the name Urdaneta gained recognition through the work of Agustín de Urdaneta (1810-1886), a Spanish military officer and diplomat who served as the governor-general of the Philippines from 1865 to 1867.

More recently, the surname Urdaneta has been associated with various individuals, such as the Mexican architect and urban planner Mario Urdaneta (1920-2003), known for his work in Mexico City. Additionally, Andrés Urdaneta Guzmán (1910-1989) was a Colombian politician and diplomat who served as the president of the Organization of American States from 1968 to 1970.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Urdaneta

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

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

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