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

Victoria, 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 Victoria surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Victoria in America

Victoria is the 5023rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Victoria surname appeared 6,989 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 Victoria.

We can also compare 2010 data for Victoria 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 Victoria

The surname Victoria is derived from the Latin word 'victoria', meaning victory or conquest. It originated as a surname in various regions of Italy during the Middle Ages.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname can be found in medieval Italian documents from the 12th and 13th centuries. In these records, the name appears in various spellings such as Vittoria, Vittorio, and Vitorio.

One of the earliest known bearers of the surname was Girolamo Victoria, a 13th-century Italian composer and music theorist born in Avezzano, a town in the Abruzzo region of central Italy, around 1260.

In the 14th century, the name appears in the records of the Sicilian town of Vittoria, which was founded in 1607 and named after the Spanish queen Maria Anna of Austria, also known as Queen Maria Anna of Victory.

Sebastiano Victoria, a 16th-century Italian sculptor and architect, was born in Palermo, Sicily, in 1534 and is known for his work on the Cathedral of Monreale.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the surname spread to other parts of Europe, particularly Spain and Portugal, where it was often spelled as Vitoria or Vitória.

One notable bearer of the name was Pedro de Vitoria, a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and linguist born in Burgos, Spain, in 1492. He is known for his work on the Purépecha language and his efforts to convert the indigenous people of Mexico to Christianity.

In the 18th century, the surname Victoria appeared in the records of the British East India Company, as some Italian and Spanish individuals with this surname were employed by the company in various capacities.

Another notable bearer of the surname was Tomás de Vitoria, a 16th-century Spanish theologian and philosopher born in Vitoria, Spain, in 1483. He was a prominent figure in the School of Salamanca and is considered one of the founders of international law.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Victoria

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

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

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