Mosquera
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 68.6% of all known bearers of the surname Mosquera were residents of Colombia (frequency 1:264), 8.7% of Ecuador (1:689), 7.0% of Venezuela (1:1,635), 4.5% of Spain (1:3,950), 2.7% of the Philippines (1:14,325), 1.9% of Peru (1:6,421), 1.8% of Panama (1:820), 1.4% of Argentina (1:11,512) and 1.2% of the United States (1:111,635).
In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:3,950) only in one autonomous community: Galicia (1:409).
In Colombia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:264) in the following departments:[2]
- Chocó Department (1:10)
- Cauca Department (1:83)
- Valle del Cauca Department (1:101)
- Guaviare Department (1:169)
- Huila Department (1:234)
- Risaralda Department (1:257)
Notables
- Aurelio Mosquera (1883- 1939), Ecuadorian president
- Aquivaldo Mosquera (born 1981), Colombian football player
- Edwin Mosquera (born 1985), Colombian weightlifter
- Ezequiel Mosquera (born 1975), Spanish professional cyclist
- Joaquín Mosquera (1787- 1878), Colombian president
- John Jairo Mosquera (born 1988), Colombian football player
- Josimar Mosquera (born 1982), Colombian football player
- Luis Javier Mosquera (born 1995), Colombian weightlifter
- Mabel Mosquera (born 1969), Colombian weightlifter
- Máximo Mosquera, Peruvian footballer
- Óscar Figueroa (weightlifter), Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera (born 1983), Colombian weightlifter, Olympic champion
- Pedro Mosquera (born 1988), Spanish footballer
- Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera (1798- 1878), Colombian president
- Luis Antonio Valencia Mosquera (born 1985), Ecuadorian footballer
- Yohn Geiller Mosquera (born 1989), Colombian football player
Toponyms
- Mosquera, Cundinamarca, municipality in Colombia
- Mosquera, Nariño, municipality in Colombia
References
- Piferrer, F.; Busel, A.R. (1859). Nobiliario de los reinos y señorios de España (revisado por A. Rujula y Busel). Nobiliario de los reinos y señorios de España (in Spanish). p. 71. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- Mosquera surname distribution
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