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

Ortiz-López, 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 Ortiz-López surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ortiz-López in America

Ortiz-López is the 46219th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ortiz-López surname appeared 461 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 Ortiz-López.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ortiz-López 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 Ortiz-López

The surname ORTIZLOPEZ is a double-barrelled Spanish surname with origins dating back to the medieval Iberian Peninsula. It is a combination of two distinct surnames, Ortiz and Lopez, which were originally separate patronymic names.

Ortiz derives from the Spanish personal name Orto, a variant of the Latin name Fortunius, meaning "fortunate" or "lucky." This name was particularly prevalent in the regions of Castile and León during the 10th and 11th centuries.

Lopez, on the other hand, has its roots in the Latin name Lupus, meaning "wolf." It was a common surname in the Kingdom of Aragon and other parts of eastern Spain, as well as in Portugal.

The earliest recorded instance of the combined surname ORTIZLOPEZ can be traced back to the 14th century. In 1358, a document from the archives of the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla in La Rioja mentions a certain Ferran Ortiz Lopez.

During the 15th century, the surname appeared in various historical records across Spain. Notable figures included Juan Ortiz Lopez, a prominent merchant from Seville who was active in the trade with the Americas in the late 1400s.

In the 16th century, Diego Ortiz Lopez, a Spanish composer and theorist, was born in Toledo around 1525. He is best known for his treatise on counterpoint and musical theory, "Trattado de Glosas sobre Clausulas y otros Generos de Puntos en la Musica de Violones," published in 1553.

Another notable individual was Hernando Ortiz Lopez, a Franciscan missionary who accompanied the expedition of Juan de Oñate to establish the first Spanish settlement in what is now New Mexico in 1598.

During the 17th century, the surname ORTIZLOPEZ was found in various regions of Spain, including Andalusia, where Pedro Ortiz Lopez was a renowned painter active in Seville between 1620 and 1650.

In the 18th century, José Ortiz Lopez, born in Cádiz in 1745, was a Spanish naval officer who played a significant role in the defense of the city during the Battle of Trocadero in 1823, during the French invasion of Spain.

As the surname spread across the Spanish-speaking world, it also gained prominence in Latin America, particularly in Mexico and parts of Central America, where variations such as Ortiz López and Ortiz-López became common.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ortiz-López

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Ortiz-López.

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 Ortiz-López 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 Ortiz-López 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 Ortiz-López was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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