Azcue

surname · Latin script

Meaning: for someone who lived near a rock or crag, from Basque aitz, atx rock, crag + the local suffix -qu(n)e

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/aθkwe/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Azcue is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina1 in 264K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 2.5M
  • UYUruguay1 in 26K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Spain (measured from records)

644 people

Sources
91 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

for someone who lived near a rock or crag, from Basque aitz, atx rock, crag + the local suffix -qu(n)e.

Sources 1

  • A dictionary of surnames

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Azcue counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Azcue is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain6441 in 78K644Azcue56
PK Pakistan≈500 est.≈1 in 466K—Azcue1
AR Argentina1721 in 264K172Azcue44
US United States1351 in 2.5M142Azcue91
UY Uruguay1291 in 26K129Azcue12
PE Peru≈86 est.≈1 in 370K—Azcue20

644 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Azcue is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Azcué, Azcúe

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Azcué

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Azcué

25 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Esteban Azkue, b. 1944Leticia Azcue Brea, b. 1958Miren Josebe Azcue, b. 1989

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Azcue,Dear Azcue, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Azcue,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Azcue
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—644#6,509
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—644#6,508
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—172—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020142#126,357
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010135#126,765
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—129—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000100#150,436
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Azcue mean, and where does it come from?
for someone who lived near a rock or crag, from Basque aitz, atx rock, crag + the local suffix -qu(n)e. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
How do you pronounce Azcue?
A machine transcription gives /aθkwe/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Azcue have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 644 people named Azcue, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled azcue.
Where is Azcue most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Azcue is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 26 thousand people — even though Spain holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Azcue?
In Spain, the national register counted 644 people named Azcue, about 1 in 78 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Azcue”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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