# Alzate (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/alzate/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish of Basque origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,800 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,087 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 171,525 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (1,465 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Basque Alzate, a surname. The meaning of Alzate is not clear. It is thought that Alzate is composed of haltz (“alder tree”) + ate (“door, entrance, pass, gorge”). Some think that the second part, ate, could be a variation of eta (“and, a plurality”). So the meaning of the surname seems to be: [the house] at the entrance of the alder tree place, or [the house] in the gorge of the alder trees, or [the house] in the alder tree place.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Alzate in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 92% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.8% |

## Similar surnames

Alizadeh, Alston, Allgood, Alcott, Alligood, Ahlstrom.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.