Escobar Surname

639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 848,647 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
El Salvador

Escobar Surname Definition:

One who came from Escobar (place where broom grows), in Spain; dweller near where broom grew; or in an area of dense undergrowth.

A place where broom grass grows.

Ancient surname found in Palencia and Valladolid. Name of several villages near Astorga, Cartagena, Segovia, and Leon.

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Escobar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico140,4311:884145
Colombia122,7911:38973
Guatemala77,5801:20731
Argentina69,5341:61578
El Salvador53,6141:11821
United States52,5381:6,899813
Chile48,1611:36671
Venezuela41,6501:725142
Paraguay38,0531:19041
Peru33,0251:962141
Honduras32,6871:27058
Bolivia28,1341:37768
Spain27,8381:1,679192
Ecuador22,4181:710105
Philippines12,7931:7,914721
Brazil12,7651:16,770837
Cuba9,4461:1,220200
Nicaragua8,6071:700145
Panama6,8281:573115
Uruguay1,9011:1,805224
France1,3011:51,0556,693
Canada1,1581:31,8184,135
Costa Rica1,1531:4,146367
Dominican Republic9781:10,668867
Belize5091:698146
Portugal4811:21,6601,486
Saudi Arabia3581:86,18912,374
Australia2461:109,73912,234
Puerto Rico2441:14,550609
Morocco2391:144,25125,171
England2221:250,98220,313
Italy1261:485,37149,911
Germany1191:676,51652,308
Thailand861:821,376131,940
Switzerland641:128,32712,782
Singapore561:98,3524,171
Sweden541:182,34712,605
Aruba461:2,250326
New Zealand381:119,16614,967
Belgium371:310,72035,739
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Guam251:6,405908
Angola161:1,686,8263,823
Iceland151:25,3391,935
China141:97,665,8265,141
Norway141:367,30634,015
Taiwan141:1,674,62511,030
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Austria51:1,703,08789,702
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Albania31:971,35222,477
Andorra31:27,9461,499
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Hungary31:3,272,09262,568
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Maldives31:134,7244,057
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Comoros11:749,524685
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1411:356,16127,153

The alternate forms: Escóbar (20), Escòbar (1), Escobár (1) & Éscobar (1) are calculated separately.

Escobar (622) may also be a first name.

Escobar Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

One who came from Escobar (place where broom grows), in Spain; dweller near where broom grew; or in an area of dense undergrowth.

A place where broom grass grows.

Ancient surname found in Palencia and Valladolid. Name of several villages near Astorga, Cartagena, Segovia, and Leon. Derived from latin "excoba," a place where the broom plant grows.

Castilian name from mountains of Leon. Later spread through­out all land of Campos.

See Escobedo.

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

User-submitted Reference

A topographic name from a collective form of escoba, meaning 'broom' (from the late Latin, scopa), or a habitational name from either of two minor places in Santander province called Escobedo.

- esco

My grandfather was a Spanish and came to Brazil in 1900. His name was Francisco Escobar.

- daniloescobar

Reference to the object, escoba, which is 'broom' in Spanish.

- patoescobar34

Escobar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Escobar is carried by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Escóbar, Escòbar, Escobár or Éscobar. Click here for other possible spellings of Escobar.

How Common Is The Last Name Escobar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 639th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 8,587 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Escobar are found; 49 percent are found in South America and 21 percent are found in Hispano-Central America. Escobar is also the 334,261st most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 622 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Mexico, where it is carried by 140,431 people, or 1 in 884. In Mexico Escobar is most frequent in: México, where 18 percent live, Chiapas, where 16 percent live and Mexico City, where 9 percent live. Excluding Mexico this last name is found in 129 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 14 percent live and Guatemala, where 9 percent live.

Escobar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Escobar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Escobar surname expanded 37,261 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Escobar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Escobar surname is predominantly Greek Orthodox (33%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Escobar surname are 42.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.47% being registered with the political party.

The amount Escobar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 58.25% less than the national average, earning €12,537 per year; in Norway they earn 29.8% less than the national average, earning 242,946 kr per year; in Peru they earn 7.4% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,950 per year; in Colombia they earn 9.53% more than the national average, earning $24,865,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.55% less than the national average, earning $38,166 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.28% less than the national average, earning $46,066 CAD per year.

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Escobar Reference & Research

Escobar DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Escobar FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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