Find out how popular the last name Díaz-Pérez 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-Pérez.

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

Popularity of Díaz-Pérez in America

Díaz-Pérez is the 40909th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Díaz-Pérez surname appeared 533 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-Pérez.

We can also compare 2010 data for Díaz-Pérez 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 Díaz-Pérez

The surname DIAZPEREZ originates from Spain, dating back to the medieval period. It is a compound surname, formed by combining the patronymic surnames DIAZ and PEREZ. DIAZ is derived from the Spanish word "dia," meaning "day," and was originally a patronymic name given to the son of someone named Dia. PEREZ, on the other hand, is derived from the personal name Pedro, the Spanish form of Peter.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname DIAZPEREZ can be found in the Becerro de las Behetrias de Castilla, a 14th-century census document from the Kingdom of Castile. This document mentions a certain Juan DIAZPEREZ, who was a landowner in the region of Palencia.

In the 15th century, a notable figure with the surname DIAZPEREZ was Gonzalo DIAZPEREZ, a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Americas. He was born in Seville around 1480 and accompanied Hernán Cortés on his expedition to Mexico in 1519.

Another historical figure with this surname was Pedro DIAZPEREZ, a 16th-century Spanish architect and stonemason. He was responsible for the construction of several notable buildings in Seville, including the Renaissance-style Palace of the Dukes of Medinaceli, completed in 1520.

In the 17th century, Francisco DIAZPEREZ was a prominent Spanish painter known for his religious works. He was born in Seville around 1610 and was influenced by the Baroque style of painting popular in Spain during that period.

During the 18th century, Manuel DIAZPEREZ was a Spanish military officer who served in the Spanish colonial army in the Americas. He was born in Cadiz in 1725 and participated in various campaigns against indigenous resistance movements in present-day Mexico and Guatemala.

The surname DIAZPEREZ has also been associated with various place names in Spain, such as the town of Diazperez in the province of Soria, which likely derived its name from an early inhabitant with this surname.

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

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

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

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