Díaz (surname)

Díaz is a common surname of Spanish origin with multiple meanings in multiple languages. First found in Kingdom of Castile, where the name originated in the Visigoth period, the name accounts for about 0.17% of the Spanish population, ranking as the 14th-most frequently found surname in both 1999 and 2004[1] compared to the most popular Spanish surname of those years.

For other uses, see Diaz (disambiguation).
Díaz
PronunciationSpanish: [ˈdiaθ], in Latin America: [ˈdias]
Origin
Meaning"Son of Diego"
Region of originKingdom of Castile, in Spain
Other names
Variant form(s)Diaz (anglicized), Dias (Portuguese variant)

There is minor evidence that Díez may be equivalent to Díaz, in the form of Spanish language listing of most frequent surnames in 1999 Spain.[2] However, a 2008 in-press academic manuscript about Spanish naming in 2004 suggests otherwise, listing statistics for "Díaz" and "Díez" separately.[3][4] The surname is cognate with the Portuguese language surname Dias.

Usage

Díaz and the anglicized form Diaz appear to be surnames only, without evidence for use as given names. Use of Diaz may arise through Anglicization of Portuguese language Dias.

Many examples of the surnames Díaz exist among historically notable people as a patronymic of Diego. Among the earliest such examples is El Cid, whose real name was Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, and whose father's given name was Diego.[5]

There is at least one instance of use as a single name, the former Norwegian rap artist Diaz, who was born to a Spanish father and Norwegian mother; his birth name is "Andrés Rafael Díaz".

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 21.5% of all known bearers of the surname Díaz were residents of Mexico (frequency 1:132), 11.4% of Colombia (1:96), 9.1% of Argentina (1:108), 8.0% of Spain (1:134), 7.2% of Venezuela (1:96), 6.7% of the United States (1:1,242), 5.2% of Peru (1:142), 5.0% of Cuba (1:53), 4.6% of Chile (1:87), 3.1% of the Philippines (1:742), 2.9% of the Dominican Republic (1:83), 2.5% of Puerto Rico (1:33), 2.4% of Guatemala (1:155), 2.0% of Honduras (1:100), 1.4% of El Salvador (1:107), 1.3% of Nicaragua (1:103), 1.2% of Ecuador (1:293) and 1.0% of Paraguay (1:161).

In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:134) in the following autonomous communities:

In Puerto Rico, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:33) in the following municipalities:[6]

In Latin America Díaz was among the top 25% of surnames in use based on a study conducted in 1987 by the Institute for Genealogy and History for Latin America (De Platt 1996, pages 31–32).

Spanish surnames, including Díaz, are found more abundantly in Southern Italy than other non-Italian surnames as a result of the domination of Italy by Spain during the 17th century (Fucilla 1949).

The following matrix contains available information on the frequency of this surname in various countries across a span of years.

Country1880–18891960–19691990–19992000–2009
Australia2002: 0.008% (rank ?)(c)
New Zealand2002: 0.002% (rank ?)(c)
Spain1999: 0.74% (rank 14)(a)2004: na% (rank 14)(b)
United Kingdom1881: na% (rank 23,037)(c)1998: 0.001% (rank 10,773)(c)
United States1964: 0.047% (rank 335)[7]1990: 0.084% (rank 99)(d)
1990: 0.014% (rank ?)(c)		2000: 0.18% (rank 73)(d)

Reference codes, see #References: (a)=OcioTotal 1999, (b)=Mateos & Tucker 2008, (c)=Longley, et al., (d)=United States Census Bureau 1995, (e)=United States Census Bureau 2000

Several assessed countries have shown no instances of this surname, among these being Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Scotland (Bowie 2003; Longley, et al.).

Persons

Arts and entertainment

Politics and military
  • Adam Perez Diaz (1909-2010), the first Hispanic elected to the Phoenix City Council and also the first Hispanic to serve as Phoenix's Vice-Mayor
  • Armando Diaz (1861–1928), Italian General and a Marshal of Italy during World War I
  • Edwige Diaz (1987-), French politician
  • Héctor A. Díaz, American politician
  • José E. Díaz (1833–1867), Paraguayan general, hero of the Paraguayan War
  • Porfirio Díaz (1830–1915), Mexican soldier, politician, dictator who served seven terms as President of Mexico, President of Mexico following the French intervention in Mexico
  • Ramón Díaz (1926-2017), Uruguayan lawyer, economist and journalist, Chairman of the Central Bank
  • Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 1099), better known as El Cid, or Rodrigo, Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain
  • Domingo Díaz Arosemena (1875-1949) Panamanian politician and president from 1948-1949

Sports

Others

See also

References
  1. Mateos & Tucker 2008, OcioTotal 1999
  2. OcioTotal 1999.
  3. Mateos & Tucker 2008.
  4. Díaz as being derived from a Gothic form of the paternal genitive of Dia, as in "Dia's child", or Diag, Diago or Diego (Dixon 1857).
  5. 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
  6. Díaz surname distribution
  7. Rank 16 among Hispanic-Americans (De Platt 1996, pages 15–16)
  • Bowie, Neil; G W L Jackson (2003-02-18). "Surnames in Scotland over the last 140 years". General Register Office for Scotland. Archived from the original on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2008-05-01. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Carr, Derek C. (March 1999) [1999]. "Arabic and Hebrew auctoritates in the Works of Enrique de Villena". In Auguste Elfriede Christa Canitz and Gernot Rudolf Wieland (ed.). From Arabye to Engelond. University of Ottawa Press. pp. 56–57 (Note 16). ISBN 0-7766-0517-8. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  • Catholic Encyclopedia (1913). s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/El Cid. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  • De Platt, Lyman (1996) [1996]. Hispanic Surnames and Family History. The Hispanic Book of Generations. 1 (1st ed.). Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 0-8063-1480-X. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
  • Dixon, Bernard Homer (1857) [1857]. Surnames (2nd ed.). John Wilson and Son. p. 20. Retrieved 2008-04-30 – via Internet Archive.
  • Fucilla, Joseph Guerin (1987) [1949]. Our Italian Surnames (reprint ed.). Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 109, footnote 6. ISBN 0-8063-1187-8. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
  • Mateos, Pablo; Ken Tucker (2008). "Forenames and Surnames in Spain in 2004" (PDF). Names a Journal of Onomastics. (in press). Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  • OcioTotal (1999-12-01). "Los 40 apellidos mas comunes en España". Genealogía y heráldica (in Spanish). OcioTotal.com. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  • Smith, Elsdon Coles (1986) [1986]. "Surnames From Father's Name". American Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0-8063-1150-9. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
  • United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100). Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
  • United States Census Bureau (2000). "Top 1000 Names". Frequently Occurring Surnames From Census 2000. U.S. Department of Commerce. Archived from the original (XLS) on 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
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