Escarcega

English

Alternative forms

• Escarsega

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Escárcega, a variant of Escarzaga, a surname of Basque origin.

Proper noun

Escarcega (plural Escarcegas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Escarcega is the 12994^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2363 individuals. Escarcega is most common among Hispanic/Latino (93.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Escarcega”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 534.