# Amezcua (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,206 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,889 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 42,846 people |
| Change since 2000 | +41% (5,104 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Amescua |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Amezcua, from Basque Ametzkoa, a habitational surname from ametz (“Pyrenean oak”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Amezcua 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) | 2.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 97% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.1% |

## Similar surnames

Amescua, Amos, Ames, Amick, Annis, Ang, Amico, Aung, Amis, Auyeung, Ange.

## 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.