Explore the Family Name Travieso

The meaning of Travieso

Spanish: unflattering nickname from travieso ‘bad, mischievous, perverse’ (from Latin traversus, transversus ‘turned across’). Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Raul, Manuel, Alfredo, Angel, Jorge, Margarita, Carlos, Eduardo, Enrique, Gerardo, Jesus.

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Travieso has risen between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 25,724th most common surname, but by 2010, it had climbed to the 22,963rd spot, showing a 10.73% increase in popularity. The number of people with this last name also increased during this period, rising from 900 to 1,114, which is a 23.78% increase. As a result, the proportion of people with the Travieso surname per 100k individuals grew by 15.15%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#25,724	#22,963	10.73%
Count	900	1,114	23.78%
Proportion per 100k	0.33	0.38	15.15%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Travieso

The Decennial U.S. Census also provides insight into the ethnic identity connected to the Travieso surname. While there were no recorded instances of this surname among individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native, the majority identified as Hispanic. In 2000, 88.33% of those with the Travieso surname identified as Hispanic, and that figure rose to 91.74% in 2010. However, the percentage of those identifying as White decreased from 9.33% to 7.00%, while those who identified as Black dropped from 1.33% to 0.90%. There was also a disappearance of those identifying with two or more races, from 0.56% in 2000 to none in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	88.33%	91.74%	3.86%
White	9.33%	7%	-24.97%
Black	1.33%	0.9%	-32.33%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.56%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%