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

Vazques, 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 Vazques surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Vazques in America

Vazques is the 27604th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Vazques surname appeared 872 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 Vazques.

We can also compare 2010 data for Vazques 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 Vazques

The surname Vazques is of Spanish origin, derived from the personal name Velasco, which itself is a contracted form of the Spanish word "Blasio", meaning "lisping" or "stammering". The earliest recorded instances of the name can be traced back to the 12th century in the regions of Castile and Andalusia.

During the Reconquista, the medieval period when Christian kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula waged war against the Moors, many Vazques were involved in the military campaigns. One notable figure was Rodrigo Vazques, a knight who fought alongside King Alfonso VIII of Castile in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212.

The Vazques surname also has connections to various place names in Spain. For example, the town of Vázquez de Mella in the province of Oviedo was named after a prominent Vazques family who held land there in the 15th century. Additionally, the variant spelling "Velázquez" is associated with the town of Velázquez in the province of Cuenca.

In the 16th century, several Vazques made their mark in the arts and literature. Juan Vazques, a Spanish painter active in the 1520s, is known for his religious works adorning churches in Seville. Pedro Vazques de Saldaña, born in 1508, was a renowned poet and dramatist during the Spanish Golden Age.

As Spanish exploration and colonization expanded in the Americas, the Vazques surname spread to the New World. One notable figure was Juan Vazques de Coronado, an explorer born in 1510 who led expeditions in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Gold in present-day New Mexico and Kansas.

Another prominent individual with the Vazques surname was Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, a Spanish conquistador born in 1465. He led the conquest of Cuba and served as the first Spanish governor of the island from 1511 until his death in 1524.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Vazques

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

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

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