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

Flores-González, 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 Flores-González surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Flores-González in America

Flores-González is the 58337th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Flores-González surname appeared 348 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 Flores-González.

We can also compare 2010 data for Flores-González 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 Flores-González

The surname FLORESGONZALEZ has its origins in Spain, dating back to the medieval period. It is a compound surname, with the first part "Flores" deriving from the Spanish word for "flowers," and the second part "Gonzalez" being a patronymic name referring to the son of Gonzalo, a common Spanish given name derived from the Gothic name Gunþiwald.

The name Flores is believed to have originally been a descriptive nickname or a topographic surname, referring to either a person living near or associated with flowers, or possibly someone who worked with flowers or in a garden. The earliest known record of the name Flores appears in the 13th century, when a certain Pedro Flores is mentioned in a document from the city of Seville.

The patronymic Gonzalez, on the other hand, was widely used throughout Spain during the Middle Ages and subsequent centuries. One of the earliest known bearers of this name was Gonzalo Fernández, a powerful nobleman and military leader who served as the tutor and guardian of King Ferdinand IV of Castile in the early 14th century.

As for the combined surname FLORESGONZALEZ, some of the earliest recorded examples include Juan Flores Gonzalez, a landowner in the province of Andalusia mentioned in a 16th-century census, and María Flores Gonzalez, a noblewoman from the city of Seville whose name appears in a 17th-century genealogical record.

Other notable individuals bearing the surname FLORESGONZALEZ throughout history include:

1. Diego Flores Gonzalez (1701-1783), a Spanish colonial administrator who served as the governor of Chihuahua, Mexico, in the mid-18th century.

2. Josefa Flores Gonzalez (1763-1842), a Mexican nun and educator who founded one of the first schools for girls in the city of Puebla.

3. Manuel Flores Gonzalez (1838-1917), a Chilean military officer and politician who served as the Minister of War and Navy during the War of the Pacific.

4. Mariano Flores Gonzalez (1867-1933), a Mexican revolutionary and general who fought alongside Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution.

5. Isabel Flores Gonzalez (1902-1985), a Spanish poet and writer who was a member of the Generation of '27, a group of influential poets in the early 20th century.

While the name FLORESGONZALEZ has been present in various regions of Spain and Latin America throughout history, it is particularly prevalent in Mexico, where it is often associated with areas such as Jalisco, Guanajuato, and Michoacán.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Flores-González

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

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 Flores-González 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 Flores-González 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 Flores-González was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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