Esparza Surname

3,205th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175,543 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

Esparza Surname Definition:

One who came from Esparza (barren; place where feather grass grew), in Spain.

From the latin "sparsus" - spread abroad, scattered. Hence it probably refers to land that yields little.

Found in Navarre. Name of village near Pamplona.

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Esparza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico112,8841:1,100175
United States38,6281:9,3831,139
Chile6,5811:2,677443
Spain5,1851:9,0171,072
Ecuador3,6371:4,373741
Colombia2,9801:16,0321,367
Argentina2,0861:20,4911,730
Peru1,3311:23,8802,657
Philippines7191:140,80423,744
Venezuela7131:42,3622,269
France3291:201,89331,384
Brazil1061:2,019,56964,017
Cuba741:155,7123,717
Canada691:533,99444,923
England441:1,266,32057,817
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Switzerland271:304,18224,091
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Panama71:558,8949,437
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
Finland61:916,11741,832
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Paraguay31:2,412,24913,111
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Comoros11:749,524685
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States661:760,88948,111

Esparza (227) may also be a first name.

Esparza Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

One who came from Esparza (barren; place where feather grass grew), in Spain.

From the latin "sparsus" - spread abroad, scattered. Hence it probably refers to land that yields little.

Found in Navarre. Name of village near Pamplona. Of unknown etymology.

The word "expel" refers to a box tree and therefore "esparza" means a box tree.

Navarrese name from villa of Esparza, a political division of Aóiz.

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

User-submitted Reference

Esparza is a Basque toponymic surname, named after the town of Esparza, Navarra, Spain.

- west489z

Esparza Last Name Facts

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

The last name Esparza (Arabic: آسبارزا, Russian: Эспарза) is found most in Mexico. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Esparza? popularity and diffusion

The last name Esparza is the 3,205th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 41,514 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Esparza are found; 86 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Hispano-North America. Esparza is also the 596,468th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 227 people.

The last name Esparza is most frequent in Mexico, where it is held by 112,884 people, or 1 in 1,100. In Mexico Esparza is most frequent in: Aguascalientes, where 16 percent live, Jalisco, where 15 percent live and Nuevo León, where 8 percent live. Outside of Mexico this surname exists in 60 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent live and Chile, where 4 percent live.

Esparza Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Esparza has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Esparza surname grew 58,527 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Esparza Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Esparza surname are 41.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.17% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Esparza earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 6.75% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,693 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.78% less than the national average, earning $20,709,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 15.36% less than the national average, earning $36,521 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.05% less than the national average, earning $39,722 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Esparza Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Esparza in the Russian language
Эспарзаesparza-
Esparza in the Arabic language
آسبارزاasbarza-
اسبارزاasbarza-

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Esparza Reference & Research

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

Esparza 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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