The Esparza surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 42,559 people carried this name — #816 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,930 people counted. That is up 30% from 32,772 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Esparza surname
Borrowed from Spanish Esparza, a habitational surname from Basque Espartza.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Esparza» (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 2,620 people named Esparza 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 mapWhere they live today
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 100 people named Esparza.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Hérault.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Esparza,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicolás Esparza 1872–1928 · painter -
Eladio Esparza 1888–1961 · writer -
Desiderio Esparza 1905–1979 · association football coach -
Viera Sparza 1908–1987 · writer -
Andoni Esparza Gallastegi 1932–2012 · cooperative movement
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 80 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Esparza.
- Eskenazi 511 · U.S. census
- Eslinger 2,641 · U.S. census
- Esnard 135 · U.S. census
- Espada 2,245 · U.S. census
- Espana 4,127 · U.S. census
- Espanol 510 · U.S. census
- Espejo 2,769 · U.S. census
- Esperance 357 · U.S. census
- Esperon 364 · U.S. census
- Espeut 155 · U.S. census
- Espie 226 · U.S. census
- Espin 847 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Esparza is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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