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

Hernández-Ruiz, 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 Hernández-Ruiz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hernández-Ruiz in America

Hernández-Ruiz is the 61436th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hernández-Ruiz surname appeared 327 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 Hernández-Ruiz.

The history of the last name Hernández-Ruiz

The surname HERNANDEZRUIZ is a compound Spanish surname that originated in Spain during the medieval period. It is a combination of two separate surnames, Hernandez and Ruiz, which were likely joined together through marriage or inheritance.

The first part of the name, Hernandez, derives from the Spanish given name Hernando, which is a variant of Fernando. Fernando, in turn, comes from the Germanic name Ferdinand, which means "brave traveler" or "journey in peace." The suffix "-ez" was commonly added to form patronymic surnames in Spain, indicating the name of the father or ancestor.

The second part of the name, Ruiz, is a patronymic surname derived from the given name Ruy or Rodrigo, which comes from the Visigothic name Roderic. This name was popular among the Visigoths, a Germanic tribe that ruled parts of the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to the 8th centuries.

One of the earliest known records of the HERNANDEZRUIZ surname can be found in the Repartimiento de Sevilla, a document from the 13th century that recorded the distribution of land and property in Seville after its conquest by the Christian forces of King Ferdinand III of Castile.

Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the HERNANDEZRUIZ surname. One example is Juan Hernández Ruiz de Alarcón (1580-1639), a renowned Spanish playwright and poet of the Spanish Golden Age. Another is Alonso Hernández Ruiz de Virués (1557-1608), a Spanish dramatist and cleric known for his religious plays.

In the 16th century, Diego Hernández Ruiz de Alarcón (1500-1537) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquest of Nueva Galicia (present-day western Mexico) under the command of Nuño de Guzmán.

During the 17th century, Andrés Hernández Ruiz (1612-1677) was a Spanish painter known for his religious works, particularly those commissioned by churches and monasteries in Seville.

More recently, Francisco Hernández Ruiz (1905-1985) was a Mexican architect and urban planner who made significant contributions to the development of modern architecture in Mexico City.

These are just a few examples of the many individuals who have carried the HERNANDEZRUIZ surname throughout history, reflecting its deep roots in Spain and its subsequent spread to other parts of the world.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hernández-Ruiz

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

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 Hernández-Ruiz 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 Hernández-Ruiz was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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