Mosqueda Surname

9,273rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61,143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Mosqueda Surname Definition:

From the infinitive "mosquear" - to flap or drive away flies, to flog, to whip - plus a suffix of collectiveness, points to a place plagued with flies. Name of village in Mexico, in Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato.

Mosqueda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico32,2701:3,846525
Venezuela8,1361:3,712528
Philippines7,6011:13,3191,399
United States7,4981:48,3415,860
Argentina2,6851:15,9191,413
Paraguay6871:10,534574
Cuba6241:18,4661,198
Spain5461:85,6267,272
Peru4841:65,6705,011
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Chile1271:138,7124,862
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Colombia181:2,654,11513,778
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
England81:6,964,757184,742
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Panama51:782,45211,059
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
China21:683,660,78330,601
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Guam11:160,1214,893
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Mosqueda (50) may also be a first name.

Mosqueda Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the infinitive "mosquear" - to flap or drive away flies, to flog, to whip - plus a suffix of collectiveness, points to a place plagued with flies. Name of village in Mexico, in Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato.

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

Mosqueda Last Name Facts

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

Mosqueda is found most in Mexico. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mosqueda? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 9,273rd most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 119,189 people. The surname Mosqueda occurs mostly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Mosqueda live; 63 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Hispano-North America. Mosqueda is also the 1,412,538th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 50 people.

It is most widely held in Mexico, where it is held by 32,270 people, or 1 in 3,846. In Mexico it is mostly found in: Guanajuato, where 43 percent are found, México, where 11 percent are found and Mexico City, where 8 percent are found. Not including Mexico Mosqueda exists in 43 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 13 percent are found and The Philippines, where 12 percent are found.

Mosqueda Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Mosqueda has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mosqueda last name expanded 107,114 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mosqueda Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Mosqueda surname are 43.83% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 97.06% being registered with the political party.

The amount Mosqueda earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 42.95% less than the national average, earning S/. 11,059 per year; in Colombia they earn 10.5% less than the national average, earning $20,318,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.03% less than the national average, earning $37,526 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.72% less than the national average, earning $46,346 CAD per year.

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