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

Gonzolas, 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 Gonzolas surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Gonzolas in America

Gonzolas is the 57914th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Gonzolas surname appeared 351 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 Gonzolas.

We can also compare 2010 data for Gonzolas 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 Gonzolas

The surname Gonzolas is of Spanish origin, deriving from the personal name Gonzalo, which itself is a Spanish form of the Germanic name Gundisalvus. The name can be traced back to the medieval period in Spain, specifically to the regions of Castile and Aragon.

The name Gundisalvus is composed of the Germanic elements "gund" (battle) and "salv" (entire or safe), suggesting a meaning along the lines of "entire in battle" or "safe in battle." This reflects the martial heritage and warrior culture of the early Spanish nobility and knights.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Gonzolas can be found in the Cartulario de Cardeña, a 12th-century manuscript from the Monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña in Burgos, Spain. The document mentions a nobleman named Gonzalo Núñez de Lara, who lived in the late 11th century.

In the 13th century, the name appears in the Libro de la Caza, a hunting treatise written by King Alfonso XI of Castile. The text mentions a falconer named Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, who served the king's court.

During the 15th century, the surname Gonzolas gained prominence with the exploits of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453-1515), a Spanish military leader and nobleman known as "El Gran Capitán" (The Great Captain). He was a key figure in the Spanish conquest of Naples and the Italian Wars.

Another notable figure was Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (c. 1495-1579), a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the Spanish conquest of the Muisca Confederation (present-day Colombia) and founded the city of Santa Fe de Bogotá in 1538.

In the 16th century, the surname is associated with Gonzalo Pizarro (c. 1502-1548), a Spanish conquistador and the younger half-brother of Francisco Pizarro, the conqueror of the Inca Empire. Gonzalo Pizarro led a rebellion against the Spanish crown in Peru, known as the Conquest of the Pizarros.

The name Gonzolas has also been linked to various place names in Spain, such as Gonzalo Garcés, a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, and Gonzalo Núñez, a town in the province of León.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Gonzolas

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

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

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