Arteaga Surname
Approximately 243,969 people bear this surname
Arteaga Surname Definition:
One who came from Arteaga (place of the huts), in Spain.
Found in Vizcaya and name of village near Bilbao.
Basque root translates into Spanish "encina lugar" - place where holm oaks grow.
"Arteaga" comes from two Basque words, "art(h)e" and "-aga" and suggests a place of the oak trees.
Read More About This SurnameArteaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 60,722 | 1:2,044 | 291 |
| Venezuela | 35,992 | 1:839 | 161 |
| Colombia | 34,574 | 1:1,382 | 287 |
| Peru | 22,357 | 1:1,422 | 231 |
| Ecuador | 20,926 | 1:760 | 121 |
| Bolivia | 18,620 | 1:570 | 117 |
| United States | 14,885 | 1:24,351 | 3,076 |
| Spain | 8,996 | 1:5,197 | 644 |
| Cuba | 6,515 | 1:1,769 | 265 |
| Honduras | 5,398 | 1:1,633 | 286 |
| Chile | 5,039 | 1:3,496 | 520 |
| El Salvador | 3,281 | 1:1,934 | 332 |
| Argentina | 2,357 | 1:18,135 | 1,553 |
| Nicaragua | 1,971 | 1:3,055 | 428 |
| Brazil | 493 | 1:434,228 | 16,475 |
| Guatemala | 454 | 1:35,424 | 1,990 |
| Dominican Republic | 293 | 1:35,607 | 1,992 |
| France | 204 | 1:325,602 | 49,364 |
| Canada | 184 | 1:200,248 | 19,574 |
| Costa Rica | 109 | 1:43,854 | 1,073 |
| Uruguay | 99 | 1:34,664 | 4,023 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| England | 49 | 1:1,137,103 | 53,999 |
| Germany | 49 | 1:1,642,969 | 96,430 |
| Panama | 48 | 1:81,505 | 3,340 |
| Italy | 39 | 1:1,568,120 | 82,279 |
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| Belize | 22 | 1:16,158 | 1,623 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Puerto Rico | 14 | 1:253,581 | 2,469 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Cape Verde | 5 | 1:105,928 | 3,425 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1:1,809,186 | 12,346 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Artéaga (2) & Árteaga (1) are calculated separately.
Arteaga (132) may also be a first name.
Arteaga Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
One who came from Arteaga (place of the huts), in Spain.
Found in Vizcaya and name of village near Bilbao.
Basque root translates into Spanish "encina lugar" - place where holm oaks grow.
"Arteaga" comes from two Basque words, "art(h)e" and "-aga" and suggests a place of the oak trees.
Basque name established in 10th century in Gauteguiz de Arteaga. Found later in Chile.
See Artigas.
User-submitted Reference
A Basque habitational name in which arte means 'holm oak' and the locative suffix, -aga, means 'place or group of'.
- vaalkyrjaaArteaga Demographics
Average Arteaga Salary in
United States
$37,811 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Arteaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arteaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arteaga (Russian: Артеага) is found most frequently in Mexico. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Artéaga or Árteaga. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arteaga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Arteaga is the 2,248th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 29,871 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Arteaga live; 58 percent live in South America and 29 percent live in Caribbean South America. Arteaga is also the 807,735th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 132 people.
The last name Arteaga is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is held by 60,722 people, or 1 in 2,044. In Mexico Arteaga is most frequent in: México, where 14 percent are found, Querétaro, where 12 percent are found and Mexico City, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Mexico Arteaga occurs in 68 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 15 percent are found and Colombia, where 14 percent are found.
Arteaga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Arteaga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Arteaga last name increased 212,643 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Arteaga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Arteaga surname are 42.74% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.97% being registered with the political party.
The amount Arteaga earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 8.97% more than the national average, earning 377,123 kr per year; in Peru they earn 7.68% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,896 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.6% less than the national average, earning $20,069,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.37% less than the national average, earning $37,811 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.77% more than the national average, earning $54,536 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arteaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arteaga in the Russian language | ||
| Артеага | arteaga | - |
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