Juárez Surname
Approximately 3,908 people bear this surname
Juárez Surname Definition:
Variant of Suárez (see).
Found in Leon, Asturias, Navarre, Burgos and Valladolid. Variant of Xuárez or Suárez.
A patronymic that comes from Suero meaning the army of the south.
Galician name found throughout the Peninsula.
Read More About This SurnameJuárez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2,528 | 1:49,101 | 2,574 |
| Guatemala | 707 | 1:22,748 | 1,665 |
| Spain | 357 | 1:130,958 | 9,972 |
| Argentina | 99 | 1:431,752 | 32,722 |
| United States | 55 | 1:6,590,162 | 310,708 |
| Panama | 35 | 1:111,779 | 4,120 |
| Peru | 23 | 1:1,381,918 | 21,725 |
| Venezuela | 13 | 1:2,323,391 | 26,733 |
| Uruguay | 10 | 1:343,176 | 22,254 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 1:531,119 | 4,381 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
The alternate forms: Juàrez (103), Juãrez (2), Júárez (1), Jùárez (1), Júarez (16) & Jùarez (1) are calculated separately.
Juárez Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Variant of Suárez (see).
Found in Leon, Asturias, Navarre, Burgos and Valladolid. Variant of Xuárez or Suárez.
A patronymic that comes from Suero meaning the army of the south.
Galician name found throughout the Peninsula.
User-submitted Reference
This surname derives from the name meaning 'shoemaker', 'fire', and the ending -ez, meaning 'son of'. Therefore the surname means 'son of shoemaker' or 'son of fire' in Spanish.
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Where Does The Last Name Juárez Come From? nationality or country of origin
Juárez is carried by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Juàrez, Juãrez, Júárez, Jùárez, Júarez or Jùarez. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Juárez? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 117,754th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,864,776 people. The surname Juárez is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Juárez live; 66 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Hispano-North America.
Juárez is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is held by 2,528 people, or 1 in 49,101. In Mexico it is mostly found in: Mexico City, where 23 percent live, México, where 18 percent live and Puebla, where 8 percent live. Barring Mexico Juárez occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in Guatemala, where 18 percent live and Spain, where 9 percent live.
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