How common is the surname Echeverria?

9,552 people in the United States had the surname Echeverria in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,323 Americans. It ranked 3,713th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Echeverria?

Luis Echeverría, 57th President of Mexico, followed by Esteban Echeverría Mamani.

Where is the surname Echeverria most common?

Wikidata records people named Echeverria in Argentina and Mexico.

Is the surname Echeverria getting more or less common?

More common. 6,481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,552 in 2010, up 47%.

The surname Echeverria

A Basque surname, carried by 9,552 people in the United States.

5 syllables Soundex E216

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Echeverria is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Basque origin

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

One of 20 Basque surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,552 people named Echeverria in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,323 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,481.

#3,713

rank among US surnames

9,552

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+47.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,975)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,704	Ong	9,584	32,215
#3,705	Madera	9,583	32,218
#3,706	Taveras	9,580	32,228
#3,707	Wei	9,578	32,235
#3,708	Fulmer	9,570	32,262
#3,709	Amaral	9,567	32,272
#3,710	Shull	9,565	32,279

Who is named Echeverria

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Echeverria identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
White (not Hispanic) 6.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Two or more races 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Echeverrias

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Luis Echeverría
57th President of Mexico, 1922–2022
Esteban Echeverría Mamani
Argentine poet, fiction writer, cultural promoter, and political activist, 1805–1851
Mariano Echeverría
Argentine footballer, born 1981

Notable Echeverrias come mostly from Argentina (2) and Mexico (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Hechavarria

Surnames that sound like Echeverria

Echeverria has the Soundex code E216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E216.

Other Basque surnames

All 20 Basque surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Echeverria come from?: Anglicization of Spanish Echeverría, from Basque Etxeberria (“new house”), from etxe (“house”) and berri (“new”).
How common is the surname Echeverria?: 9,552 people in the United States had the surname Echeverria in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,323 Americans. It ranked 3,713th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Echeverria?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Echeverria identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Echeverria?: Luis Echeverría, 57th President of Mexico, followed by Esteban Echeverría Mamani.
Where is the surname Echeverria most common?: Wikidata records people named Echeverria in Argentina and Mexico.
Is the surname Echeverria getting more or less common?: More common. 6,481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,552 in 2010, up 47%.
What are other spellings of Echeverria?: Hechavarria.