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

Domínguez-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 Domínguez-Pérez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Domínguez-Pérez in America

Domínguez-Pérez is the 151532nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Domínguez-Pérez surname appeared 108 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 Domínguez-Pérez.

The history of the last name Domínguez-Pérez

The surname DOMINGUEZPEREZ has its origins in Spain, dating back to the medieval period. It is a double-barreled surname, combining the patronymic DOMINGUEZ, derived from the given name Domingo (meaning "of the Lord" in Spanish), and PEREZ, which was originally a patronymic meaning "son of Pedro."

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in various Spanish historical documents from the 13th and 14th centuries. One notable example is Juan Dominguez Perez, a nobleman and military leader who fought in the Reconquista, the campaign to reclaim Spain from the Moors. He was mentioned in chronicles from the late 13th century.

During the 15th and 16th centuries, the name DOMINGUEZPEREZ was particularly prevalent in the regions of Andalusia and Extremadura in southern Spain. It was also found in some areas of modern-day Portugal, where it may have been spelled slightly differently, such as Domingues Peres.

A famous bearer of the name was Francisco Dominguez Perez, a 16th-century Spanish navigator and explorer who accompanied Ferdinand Magellan on his historic circumnavigation of the globe. Dominguez Perez was born in Seville around 1490 and served as a pilot on Magellan's fleet.

In the 17th century, the name appeared in various Spanish colonial records from the Americas. One notable figure was Pedro Dominguez Perez, a soldier and explorer who was involved in the colonization of present-day Chile in the 1630s.

Another prominent bearer of the name was Juana Dominguez Perez, a 17th-century Spanish poet and playwright from Seville. She was known for her works in the Spanish Golden Age literary tradition and was praised by contemporaries such as Lope de Vega.

In the 18th century, the name was found among Spanish settlers in various regions of the Americas, including Mexico, Argentina, and Cuba. One notable figure from this period was José Dominguez Perez, a Cuban landowner and businessman who played a role in the island's sugar industry in the late 1700s.

The name DOMINGUEZPEREZ has been carried by many individuals throughout history, reflecting its deep roots in Spanish culture and its spread across the Spanish-speaking world.

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

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

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

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