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

Visarraga, 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 Visarraga surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Visarraga in America

Visarraga is the 156044th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Visarraga surname appeared 104 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 Visarraga.

We can also compare 2010 data for Visarraga 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 Visarraga

The surname Visarraga has its origins in the Basque region of Spain and France. It dates back to the Middle Ages, believed to have derived from the Basque words "bide" meaning road or path, and "zahar" meaning old. This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone who lived near an ancient road or pathway.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name appears in a 13th-century document from the town of Arizala, in the Basque province of Biscay. The name is listed as "Viçarraga" in this record, reflecting the spelling variations common in medieval times.

In the 14th century, a nobleman named Juan de Visarraga is mentioned in the chronicles of the Spanish city of Vitoria. He is believed to have been a prominent landowner in the region during that period.

The name Visarraga can also be found in records from the 15th century, related to the Basque-Navarrese conflict. A military commander named Pedro de Visarraga is noted for his role in defending the town of Laguardia against Navarrese forces in the year 1463.

Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, the Visarraga name continued to appear in various Basque documents and records. Notable individuals from this time include Martín de Visarraga, a merchant born in 1532 in the town of Bilbao, and Catalina de Visarraga, a renowned poet and writer who lived in the late 16th century.

As the Basque people migrated to different parts of the world, the Visarraga name spread as well. In the 18th century, Tomás de Visarraga was a prominent landowner and cattle rancher in the Spanish colonial territory of Texas.

Another individual of note is Javier Visarraga, a 19th-century Spanish military officer who served in the Carlist Wars and later became a respected author and historian, publishing several works on the Basque culture and traditions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Visarraga

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

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

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