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

Patillo, 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 Patillo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Patillo in America

Patillo is the 15938th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Patillo surname appeared 1,823 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Patillo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Patillo 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 Patillo

The surname Patillo originates from Spain and dates back to the 12th century. It is believed to be derived from the Spanish word "patilla," which refers to a sideburn or patch of hair on the cheek. This suggests that the name may have initially been a descriptive nickname given to someone with distinctive facial hair.

The earliest recorded instances of the Patillo surname can be found in medieval Spanish documents and records from the regions of Andalusia and Extremadura. It is likely that the name was originally associated with specific places or settlements within these areas.

One of the earliest known bearers of the Patillo name was Juan Patillo, a nobleman from Seville who served as a knight during the Reconquista, the medieval period of Christian conquest and expansion in the Iberian Peninsula. Juan Patillo was born around 1180 and is mentioned in several chronicles from the late 12th and early 13th centuries.

In the 15th century, the Patillo surname appears in records from the city of Córdoba, where a prominent family bearing this name held land and played an influential role in local affairs. The most notable member of this family was Diego Patillo, who served as a magistrate and advisor to the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, in the late 1400s.

As the Spanish empire expanded across the Atlantic, the Patillo surname was carried to the Americas by early settlers and colonists. One of the first recorded instances of the name in the New World was Pedro Patillo, a conquistador who participated in the conquest of Mexico under Hernán Cortés in the 1520s.

Over the centuries, the Patillo surname has been found in various parts of Spain, as well as in Spanish-speaking regions of Latin America. Notable individuals with this surname include Miguel Patillo, a renowned artist from Granada who lived in the 17th century, and María Patillo, a writer and poet from Mexico who was active in the early 20th century.

While the Patillo surname has its roots in Spain, it has since spread to other parts of the world through migration and has been subject to various spelling variations, such as Patillo, Patillio, and Patille. Despite these variations, the name retains its connection to its Spanish origins and the distinctive facial hair that may have inspired its original meaning.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Patillo

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

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

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