Esquivel Surname

1,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 304,602 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Esquivel Surname Definition:

One who came from Esquivel (grassy place; hideout), in Spain.

Could come from the Basque "Aizkibel" which means behind the boulder.

A Basque toponymic from Mendoza, a political division of Vitoria (Álava). New house founded in Seville.

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Esquivel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico150,9121:823133
United States31,6271:11,4601,426
Argentina24,7331:1,728227
Costa Rica17,2791:27780
Guatemala12,4401:1,293233
Peru11,7341:2,709454
Colombia10,9151:4,377685
Paraguay10,5421:686172
Philippines6,4901:15,5991,745
Chile4,2271:4,168576
Cuba3,9941:2,885402
El Salvador3,6311:1,747315
Bolivia2,2471:4,725669
Spain2,1621:21,6242,351
Nicaragua2,0751:2,902414
Honduras1,8551:4,753482
Panama1,7551:2,229326
Ecuador1,7551:9,0631,465
Brazil1,5381:139,1905,320
Venezuela1,1051:27,3341,734
Uruguay4231:8,113910
Belize2431:1,463336
Canada1941:189,92618,713
Portugal1601:65,1143,431
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Dominican Republic1001:104,3294,466
Australia401:674,89346,030
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
England251:2,228,72284,230
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
France201:3,321,136213,627
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Norway121:428,52437,411
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
China31:455,773,85521,925
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States971:517,71836,097

The alternate forms: Esquível (97), Èsquivel (1) & Esquivél (1) are calculated separately.

Esquivel (549) may also be a first name.

Esquivel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

One who came from Esquivel (grassy place; hideout), in Spain.

Could come from the Basque "Aizkibel" which means behind the boulder.

A Basque toponymic from Mendoza, a political division of Vitoria (Álava). New house founded in Seville.

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

User-submitted Reference

Esquivel is a surname derived from an Occitan word meaning 'hard', 'terrible', a nickname for a fierce man.

- alan67esquivrl

Esquivel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Esquivel has its highest incidence in Mexico. It may occur as a variant: Esquível, Èsquivel or Esquivél. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Esquivel? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,799th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 23,925 people. The surname Esquivel occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Esquivel are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Hispano-North America. It is also the 359,531st most numerous first name on earth, borne by 549 people.

Esquivel is most widely held in Mexico, where it is borne by 150,912 people, or 1 in 823. In Mexico Esquivel is most common in: México, where 23 percent live, Michoacán, where 10 percent live and Mexico City, where 9 percent live. Excluding Mexico this last name occurs in 72 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent live and Argentina, where 8 percent live.

Esquivel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Esquivel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Esquivel last name grew 32,605 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Esquivel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Esquivel surname are 41.49% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.72% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Esquivel earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 37.33% more than the national average, earning 475,267 kr per year; in Peru they earn 3.39% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,727 per year; in South Africa they earn 155.06% more than the national average, earning R 606,108 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.16% less than the national average, earning $21,076,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 18.15% less than the national average, earning $35,316 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.87% less than the national average, earning $41,300 CAD per year.

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