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

Morales Rodríguez, 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 Morales Rodríguez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Morales Rodríguez in America

Morales Rodríguez is the 103181st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Morales Rodríguez surname appeared 174 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 Morales Rodríguez.

The history of the last name Morales Rodríguez

The surname MORALESRODRIGU is of Spanish origin, originating from the regions of Castile and Andalusia in the late 15th century. It is a compound surname, formed by the combination of two separate surnames – Morales and Rodrigu.

Morales is derived from the Spanish word "moral," which means "mulberry tree" or "mulberry grove." This suggests that the name may have originated from a topographic feature or a location associated with mulberry trees or groves. The earliest recorded instance of the name Morales dates back to the 13th century, when it appeared in the Repartimiento de Sevilla, a document that recorded the distribution of land and property in Seville after its conquest by King Ferdinand III of Castile in 1248.

Rodrigu, on the other hand, is a variant of the more common Spanish surname Rodríguez, which is derived from the Visigothic name Roderic or Rodrigo. This name has its roots in the Germanic elements "hrod" (meaning "fame" or "glory") and "ric" (meaning "powerful" or "ruler"). The earliest known bearer of the name Rodrigu was Don Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, also known as El Cid, a celebrated medieval Spanish military leader and national hero who lived from around 1043 to 1099.

The compound surname MORALESRODRIGU is believed to have emerged as a result of the Spanish tradition of combining maternal and paternal surnames, which became a common practice in the 16th century. One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname MORALESRODRIGU can be found in the archives of the Spanish Inquisition, where a certain Juan Morales Rodrigu was mentioned in a document dated 1587.

Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the surname MORALESRODRIGU. One such figure was Pedro Morales Rodrigu (1532-1605), a renowned Spanish painter and sculptor who was part of the Renaissance movement in Seville. Another was Juana Morales Rodrigu (1678-1744), a Spanish mystic and writer who was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1963.

Other notable bearers of the surname include Alonso Morales Rodrigu (1825-1892), a Spanish military officer and politician who served as the Minister of War during the reign of King Alfonso XII, and María Morales Rodrigu (1889-1980), a pioneering Spanish educator and feminist who fought for women's rights and access to education.

More recently, Juan Carlos Morales Rodrigu (1923-2003) was a celebrated Spanish novelist and poet, known for his works that explored the themes of existentialism and the human condition. His novel "La Vida Sigue" (Life Goes On) was widely acclaimed and won several literary awards.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Morales Rodríguez

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

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

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