# Echeverria (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/echeverria/  
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 Basque, an anglicization of Echeverría, of Basque origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Basque |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,552 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,713 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,323 people |
| Change since 2000 | +47% (6,481 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hechavarria |

## Etymology

Anglicization of Spanish Echeverría, from Basque Etxeberria (“new house”), from etxe (“house”) and berri (“new”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Echeverria 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) | 6.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 92% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Echeverria in Argentina and Mexico.

## People named Echeverria

- Luis Echeverría, 57th President of Mexico
- Esteban Echeverría Mamani, Argentine poet, fiction writer, cultural promoter, and political activist
- Mariano Echeverría, Argentine footballer

## Similar surnames

Echevarria, Echavarria, Echeverri, Echeverry, Escobar, Esparza, Egbert, Espiritu, Esper, Esperanza, Espericueta, Ekberg.

## 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.