Find out how popular the last name Cirlos is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Cirlos.

Cirlos, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Cirlos surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cirlos in America

Cirlos is the 97671st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cirlos surname appeared 186 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Cirlos.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cirlos to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Cirlos

The surname "CIRLOS" is believed to have originated in the Iberian Peninsula, specifically in the regions of Spain and Portugal, during the medieval period. Its roots can be traced back to the Latin word "circulus," which means "circle" or "ring." It is thought that the name initially referred to someone who lived near a circular structure, such as a circular village or a ring-shaped fortification.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name appears in the Cartularios de Valpuesta, a collection of medieval documents from the Monastery of Santa María de Valpuesta in the province of Burgos, Spain, dated around the 11th century. This suggests that the name was already in use in the region during that time period.

In the 13th century, there are records of a nobleman named Pedro Cirlos, who held lands in the Kingdom of Aragon. His name is mentioned in several royal charters and land grants from that era.

During the 15th century, a variant spelling of the name, "Çirlos," was found in the Catalonian region of Spain. This variation likely arose due to the influence of the Catalan language on the pronunciation and spelling of the name.

One notable bearer of the Cirlos surname was Juan Cirlos, a renowned painter from Seville, Spain, who lived between 1519 and 1585. His works, primarily religious paintings and altarpieces, can still be found in various churches and museums throughout Andalusia.

In the 16th century, the name also appeared in Portugal, where it was sometimes spelled "Sirlos" or "Cyrlos." One example is António Sirlos, a merchant from Lisbon, who is mentioned in trade records from the early 1500s.

As the Spanish and Portuguese empires expanded, the Cirlos surname spread to other parts of the world, including the Americas and the Philippines. In the 18th century, a Spanish settler named José Cirlos established a cattle ranch in what is now Uruguay, and his descendants continued to use the name in that region.

Another notable figure was María Cirlos, a Mexican writer and poet who lived from 1789 to 1854. She was known for her contributions to the literary movement of Romanticism in Latin American literature.

While the name Cirlos is not as common today as it once was, it remains a part of the cultural heritage of the Iberian Peninsula and serves as a reminder of the region's rich history and linguistic traditions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cirlos

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Cirlos.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Cirlos was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Cirlos has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Cirlos was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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