Tierrablanca

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tierrablanca, a Mexican topographic surname from tierra (“earth, land, ground”) + blanca (“white”).

Proper noun

Tierrablanca (plural Tierrablancas)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tierrablanca is the 40909^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 533 individuals. Tierrablanca is most common among Hispanic/Latino (98.31%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tierrablanca”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.