Juárez Surname

117,754th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,908 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Guatemala

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.

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Juárez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico2,5281:49,1012,574
Guatemala7071:22,7481,665
Spain3571:130,9589,972
Argentina991:431,75232,722
United States551:6,590,162310,708
Panama351:111,7794,120
Peru231:1,381,91821,725
Venezuela131:2,323,39126,733
Uruguay101:343,17622,254
Costa Rica91:531,1194,381
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
France61:11,070,454349,096
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Bolivia41:2,654,1087,945
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
England31:18,572,686338,250
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
China21:683,660,78330,601
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210

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.

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

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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Juárez Last Name Facts

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Juàrez94103/
Juãrez942/
Júárez941/
Jùárez941/
Juáarez921/
Júarez8916/
Jùarez891/
Cuárez834/
Zuárez832/
Juáres831/
Huárez831/
Jauarez774/
Suáarez772/
Jouarez772/
Suárrez771/
Juuarez771/
Suàrez6794/
Súárez673/
Suáres673/
Yuarez672/
Juàres672/
Suãrez672/
Suórez671/
Huàrez671/

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