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

Piedras, 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 Piedras surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Piedras in America

Piedras is the 93125th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Piedras surname appeared 197 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 Piedras.

We can also compare 2010 data for Piedras 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 Piedras

The surname Piedras is of Spanish origin, originating during the medieval period in the regions of what is now Spain and Portugal. The name is derived from the Spanish word "piedra," meaning stone or rock, suggesting that the earliest bearers of this name may have lived near a prominent rocky area or worked as stonemasons.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Piedras surname can be found in the 13th century, in the medieval Catalan records of the Crown of Aragon. The name appears as "de Piedras," indicating it was initially a locative surname, denoting one's place of origin or residence.

During the 15th century, the Piedras name gained prominence in the region of Extremadura, located in western Spain. Historical records from this era mention several notable individuals bearing this surname, including Diego de Piedras, a renowned military commander who served under King Ferdinand II of Aragon during the Spanish conquest of Granada in the late 15th century.

In the 16th century, the Piedras surname spread further across the Iberian Peninsula and eventually to the Spanish colonies in the Americas. One notable figure from this period was Juan de Piedras, a Spanish explorer who accompanied Hernán Cortés on his expedition to conquer Mexico in the 1520s.

The Piedras surname also has a strong connection to the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, off the coast of northwestern Africa. Historical records from the 17th century mention several prominent families bearing this name on the island, including the Piedras Albertos, who were influential landowners and merchants.

In the 19th century, the Piedras surname gained further recognition with the birth of José Piedras y Miravete (1814-1887), a Spanish politician and statesman who served as the Minister of Finance and later as the Prime Minister of Spain during the reign of Queen Isabella II.

Throughout history, other notable individuals with the surname Piedras include Esteban Piedras (1831-1908), a Mexican poet and writer; María Piedras (1864-1936), a Spanish feminist and educator; and Jaime Piedras (1903-1982), a renowned Puerto Rican painter and artist.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Piedras

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

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

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