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

Diazbarriga, 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 Diazbarriga surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Diazbarriga in America

Diazbarriga is the 91981st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Diazbarriga surname appeared 200 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 Diazbarriga.

We can also compare 2010 data for Diazbarriga 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 Diazbarriga

The surname DIAZBARRIGA is of Spanish origin, tracing its roots back to the Castilian region of Spain during the Middle Ages. It is a compound name, combining the common Spanish surnames DIAZ and BARRIGA.

DIAZ is derived from the Spanish patronymic form of the male given name Diego, which itself comes from the Spanish form of the Late Latin name Didacus or Didocus. This name ultimately traces back to the Greek name Didymus, meaning "twin."

BARRIGA, on the other hand, is a descriptive surname that refers to the Spanish word for "belly" or "paunch." It likely originated as a nickname for someone with a large or protruding belly.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the DIAZBARRIGA surname can be found in the Becerro de Benedictinos, a 14th-century manuscript that served as a census of monastic properties in Spain. This document mentions a certain Juan DIAZBARRIGA, who was a landowner in the region of Castile.

In the 16th century, a notable figure named Pedro DIAZBARRIGA (1510-1588) served as a Spanish conquistador and explorer in the Americas. He was part of the expedition led by Hernán Cortés that conquered the Aztec Empire in present-day Mexico.

Another individual of note was Alonso DIAZBARRIGA (1570-1635), a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator who served as the governor of the Spanish province of Tucumán (now part of Argentina) from 1628 to 1635.

During the 17th century, a prominent member of the DIAZBARRIGA family was María DIAZBARRIGA (1610-1678), a wealthy landowner and patron of the arts in Seville, Spain. She commissioned several works from renowned artists of the time, including Diego Velázquez.

In the 18th century, the DIAZBARRIGA surname was associated with the town of Barriga, a small village in the Spanish province of Ávila. This place name likely contributed to the formation of the compound surname, which may have originally referred to someone from the town of Barriga.

One of the most notable figures with the DIAZBARRIGA surname was José María DIAZBARRIGA (1780-1854), a Spanish military officer who fought in the Peninsular War against the French invasion of Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. He later served as the governor of the Spanish colony of Puerto Rico from 1824 to 1826.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Diazbarriga

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

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 Diazbarriga 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 Diazbarriga 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 Diazbarriga was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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