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

Díaz-Ortiz, 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 Díaz-Ortiz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Díaz-Ortiz in America

Díaz-Ortiz is the 103655th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Díaz-Ortiz surname appeared 173 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 Díaz-Ortiz.

The history of the last name Díaz-Ortiz

The surname DIAZORTIZ is a compound Spanish surname composed of the two separate surnames DIAZ and ORTIZ. It originated in Spain during the medieval era.

DIAZ is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Diego". Diego was a popular Spanish name derived from the Spanish form of the Greek name Didymus, meaning "twin". ORTIZ is also a patronymic surname derived from the given name Ortiz, a variant of the Germanic name Oderic, meaning "wealthy ruler".

The earliest recorded example of the DIAZ surname can be found in the "Libro de las Behetrias" (Book of Regional Jurisdictions), a census document from the 14th century that recorded various regional landowners and nobles in the Kingdom of Castile. One notable entry lists a "Juan Diaz de Haro" as the lord of the town of Biscay.

The ORTIZ surname has its roots in the northern regions of Spain, particularly in the Basque Country and Navarre. An early recorded example can be found in the "Becerro de las Behetrias de Castilla", another medieval census from the 14th century, which lists a "Pedro Ortiz de Velasco" as a nobleman in the region of Burgos.

In the 16th century, the surname DIAZORTIZ appears in records related to the Spanish conquest of the Americas. One of the earliest documented individuals with this compound surname was Juan Diaz Ortiz, a Spanish soldier who participated in the conquest of Guatemala under Pedro de Alvarado in the 1520s.

Another notable bearer of the DIAZORTIZ surname was Rodrigo Diaz Ortiz de Vivar, better known as El Cid Campeador. Born in 1043 in Vivar, Castile, he was a skilled military leader and national hero who played a crucial role in the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors.

During the colonial era, the DIAZORTIZ surname spread to various Spanish territories in the Americas, including Mexico, Peru, and the Philippines. One prominent figure from this period was Juan Diaz Ortiz de Zúñiga, a Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator who served as the governor of the Río de la Plata region (present-day Argentina and Uruguay) in the late 16th century.

In the 19th century, a notable bearer of the DIAZORTIZ surname was Manuel Diaz Ortiz, a Cuban patriot and leader of the independence movement against Spanish colonial rule. He actively participated in the Ten Years' War (1868-1878) and played a crucial role in the struggle for Cuban independence.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Díaz-Ortiz

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Díaz-Ortiz.

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 Díaz-Ortiz 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.

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 Díaz-Ortiz was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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