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The Echeverria surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,552 people carried this name — #3,713 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,900 people counted. That is up 47% from 6,481 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Echeverria surname

A surname from Basque, an anglicization of Echeverría, of Basque origin.

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

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Echeverria» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 12,708 people named Echeverria live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 6,396
Santa Fe 1,107
Formosa 1,031
City of Buenos Aires 1,001
Córdoba 443
Chaco 348
Corrientes 313
Entre Ríos 305

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 275 people named Echeverria.

59 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 59
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 180
Gironde 8
Hautes-Pyrénées 5
Landes 4
Seine-Saint-Denis 2
Tarn-et-Garonne 2
Paris 2
Moselle 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

34 people named Echeverria live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 11
Geneva 10
Vaud 7
Valais 3
Zug 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

21 people named Echeverria is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 21

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Echeverria,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joanes Echeverria Elormendi 1607–
  • Maria Echeverria Otamendi 1643–
  • Maria Echeverria Olano 1644–
  • Domingo Echeverria Olano 1646–
  • Miguel Echeverria Otamendi 1646–
  • Cathalina Echeverria Otamendi 1647–

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Echeverria is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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