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

Urrutia, 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 Urrutia surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Urrutia in America

Urrutia is the 4888th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Urrutia surname appeared 7,208 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Urrutia.

We can also compare 2010 data for Urrutia 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 Urrutia

The surname Urrutia has its origins in the Basque region of Spain and France. It is a locational name, derived from the Basque word 'urrutia', meaning 'far away' or 'distant'. This suggests that the earliest bearers of the name may have lived at a remote or distant location.

The name first appeared in historical records in the 13th century, with mentions of individuals bearing the surname in various Basque regions. One of the earliest recorded instances is found in the Cartulario de San Millán de la Cogolla, a medieval manuscript dating back to the late 12th century, which mentions a certain Lope Urrutia.

In the 15th century, the name is found in the Libro del Monasterio de Oña, a historical document from the Burgos region of Spain, which lists several individuals with the surname Urrutia. This suggests that the name had spread from its Basque origins to other parts of northern Spain by this time.

One of the earliest notable individuals with the surname was Juan de Urrutia, a 16th-century Spanish soldier and explorer who accompanied Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico. He is mentioned in various historical accounts of the time, including Bernal Díaz del Castillo's "True History of the Conquest of New Spain".

Another prominent figure was José Ignacio de Urrutia y las Casas (1696-1768), a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator who served as the Governor of Havana, Cuba, from 1747 to 1761. He played a significant role in the fortification and defense of the city during his tenure.

In the 19th century, Ignacio Urrutia (1793-1870) was a prominent Mexican lawyer and politician who served as a magistrate and played a role in the drafting of the Mexican Constitution of 1857.

Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901-1981) was a prominent Cuban politician and lawyer who served as the 20th President of Cuba from 1959 to 1960, after the Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro.

Javier Urrutia (born 1952) is a Spanish businessman and sports administrator who served as the president of Athletic Bilbao, one of the most successful football clubs in Spain, from 2011 to 2019.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Urrutia

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

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

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