Explore the Family Name Quijada

The meaning of Quijada

Spanish: possibly a nickname for a person with a prominent jaw, from quijada ‘jaw, jawbone’. Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Carlos, Jorge, Jesus, Manuel, Pedro, Rafael, Alberto, Armando, Graciela, Ignacio.

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How common is the last name Quijada in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, there has been a noticeable increase in the popularity of the surname Quijada between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Quijada ranked 8,934 in popularity, but by 2010 it had jumped to 6,856 - a change of 23.26%. The count of people with this surname also surged from 3,365 in 2000 to 4,908 in 2010, which is an impressive 45.85% increase. Consequently, the proportion of individuals with the Quijada surname per 100k population also increased by 32.8%, moving from 1.25 in 2000 to 1.66 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#8,934	#6,856	23.26%
Count	3,365	4,908	45.85%
Proportion per 100k	1.25	1.66	32.8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Quijada

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals carrying the Quijada surname identify as Hispanic. In fact, between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of Quijadas who identified as Hispanic slightly increased from 92.72% to 93.66%. Interestingly, those identifying as Black also saw a significant increase of 44.44%, although the overall proportion remained small at just 0.26% in 2010. The number of Quijadas identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander also rose by 18.07%. Meanwhile, the proportion of those identifying as White, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or belonging to two or more races declined during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	92.72%	93.66%	1.01%
White	5.5%	4.69%	-14.73%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.83%	0.98%	18.07%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.51%	0.29%	-43.14%
Black	0.18%	0.26%	44.44%
Two or More Races	0.27%	0.12%	-55.56%