Lizarraga Surname

8,119th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70,084 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Belize

Lizarraga Surname User-submission:

Lizarraga is a surname of Basque-Navarrese origin, which in Basque means 'place of the ash trees'. ​Its etymology comes from the noun lizar (ash) to which the particle -aga is suffixed with an abundancial or pluralizer character.

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Lizarraga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico41,4251:2,996419
Argentina11,6061:3,683448
Peru6,3711:4,989810
United States5,3011:68,3767,950
Spain2,2561:20,7232,266
Bolivia1,4711:7,217891
Venezuela9851:30,6641,862
Belize1441:2,469528
Chile1261:139,8134,899
Brazil941:2,277,38770,617
Uruguay641:53,6215,918
Panama581:67,4532,959
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
France331:2,012,810168,616
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
England161:3,482,379114,324
Nicaragua81:752,6364,372
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Puerto Rico61:591,6903,707
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Lizárraga (254), Lizàrraga (8), Lizarrága (2), Lízarraga (1) & Lizarràga (1) are calculated separately.

Lizarraga (46) may also be a first name.

Lizarraga Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Lizarraga is a surname of Basque-Navarrese origin, which in Basque means 'place of the ash trees'. ​Its etymology comes from the noun lizar (ash) to which the particle -aga is suffixed with an abundancial or pluralizer character.

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Lizarraga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lizarraga is carried by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Lizárraga, Lizàrraga, Lizarrága, Lízarraga or Lizarràga. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lizarraga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,119th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 103,983 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Lizarraga reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Hispano-North America. It is also the 1,484,914th most widely held given name at a global level, borne by 46 people.

The surname Lizarraga is most frequently occurring in Mexico, where it is borne by 41,425 people, or 1 in 2,996. In Mexico Lizarraga is mostly found in: Sinaloa, where 59 percent reside, Baja California, where 12 percent reside and Sonora, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Mexico this last name occurs in 45 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 17 percent reside and Peru, where 9 percent reside.

Lizarraga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lizarraga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lizarraga last name expanded 265,050 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lizarraga Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lizarraga surname are 39.05% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 92.28% being registered with the party.

The amount Lizarraga earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 23.29% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,900 per year; in United States they earn 11.3% less than the national average, earning $38,273 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.34% less than the national average, earning $43,550 CAD per year.

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