Echeverría Surname

454,874th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 745 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guatemala
Highest density in:
Guatemala

Echeverría Surname Definition:

One who came from Echevarria (new house), in Spain; dweller in the recently constructed house.

The Basque "eche-verry" - owner of a new house - gives the mean­ing of this common Basque name.

Popular form of Basque surname Echavarri and is equivalent to "exte" meaning house plus "berri" meaning new.

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Echeverría Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guatemala2321:69,3222,545
Mexico1531:811,28211,732
Spain1131:413,73522,335
Chile481:367,01010,126
Argentina331:1,295,25574,988
Costa Rica261:183,8492,454
Uruguay251:137,27012,322
Colombia201:2,388,70413,197
United States131:27,881,456736,413
El Salvador111:576,7173,120
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
Bolivia101:1,061,6434,908
Panama71:558,8949,437
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
England61:9,286,343223,652
Paraguay51:1,447,34911,454
Ecuador51:3,181,16927,617
Honduras41:2,204,1106,397
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
France11:66,422,722504,397
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Echeverria (115,956) & Echeverriá (1) are calculated separately.

Echeverría Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

One who came from Echevarria (new house), in Spain; dweller in the recently constructed house.

The Basque "eche-verry" - owner of a new house - gives the mean­ing of this common Basque name.

Popular form of Basque surname Echavarri and is equivalent to "exte" meaning house plus "berri" meaning new. Found principally in Navarre and Vizcaya.

Basque-Navarrese family.

See Chavarria.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

Echeverría Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Echeverría Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Echeverría occurs in Guatemala more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Echeverria or Echeverriá. Click here for other potential spellings of Echeverría.

How Common Is The Last Name Echeverría? popularity and diffusion

The last name Echeverría is the 454,874th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 9,781,941 people. The last name Echeverría is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Echeverría reside; 38 percent reside in Central America and 38 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.

The last name is most commonly held in Guatemala, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 69,322. In Guatemala it is most common in: Guatemala Department, where 85 percent are found, Quetzaltenango Department, where 0 percent are found and San Marcos Department, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Guatemala it is found in 27 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 21 percent are found and Spain, where 15 percent are found.

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