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

Fiallos, 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 Fiallos surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Fiallos in America

Fiallos is the 25771st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Fiallos surname appeared 956 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 Fiallos.

We can also compare 2010 data for Fiallos 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 Fiallos

The surname Fiallos originated in the Spanish regions of Andalusia and Galicia during the medieval period. It is derived from the Latin word "filios," meaning "son of" or "descendant of." This patronymic surname was likely given to the children of a man named Filio or a variation of that name.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Fiallos surname dates back to the 12th century in a document from the city of Seville, where a certain Pedro Fiallos was mentioned as a landowner. This suggests that the family had already established itself in the region by that time.

In the 14th century, the Fiallos name appeared in several records from the Kingdom of Galicia, which was then part of the Crown of Castile. A notable example is the mention of a Diego Fiallos, a knight who participated in the Reconquista against the Moors.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Fiallos family spread throughout the Spanish colonies in the Americas, particularly in Mexico and Central America. One of the most prominent figures bearing this surname was Juan de Fiallos, a Spanish conquistador who accompanied Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico in the early 1500s.

Another notable individual was Catalina de Fiallos, a wealthy landowner in colonial Guatemala during the late 16th century. She was known for her philanthropic efforts and for founding a convent in the city of Antigua.

In the 18th century, a branch of the Fiallos family settled in the Philippines, which was then a Spanish colony. One of their descendants, José Fiallos y Moreno (1768-1842), became a renowned poet and playwright in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era.

Throughout the centuries, the Fiallos surname has also been associated with various place names, such as Fiallos de Espera in Andalusia and Fiallos de Cañaveral in Extremadura, both of which were likely named after the family's ancestral lands or properties.

Other notable individuals with the Fiallos surname include Mariano Fiallos Gil (1858-1935), a Nicaraguan writer and politician who served as president of his country from 1913 to 1917, and Carlos Fiallos (1919-1998), a renowned Salvadoran painter and sculptor renowned for his works depicting indigenous themes and landscapes.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Fiallos

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

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

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