# Escobar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/escobar/  
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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 64,403 |
| US rank (2010) | 520 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,794 people |
| Change since 2000 | +50% (42,955 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛskəbɑːɹ/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Escobar.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Escobar 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) | 5.2% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 92% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Escobar in Brazil, Argentina, El Salvador, the United States and Venezuela.

## People named Escobar

- Daniela Escobar, Brazilian actress (born 1969)
- José Luis Escobar Alas, Archbishop of San Salvador in El Salvador
- Daniel R. Escobar, American actor (1964-2013)
- Franco Escobar, Argentine association football player
- Gonzalo Escobar, Argentine association football player
- Eduardo Escobar, baseball player from Venezuela
- Matías Escobar, Argentine footballer
- Pepe Escobar, Brazilian journalist and geopolitical analyst (born 1954)
- Ruth Escobar, Brazilian actress

## Similar surnames

Esparza, Echevarria, Echeverria, Egbert, Espiritu, Echavarria, Echeverri, Esper, Esperanza, Echeverry, 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.