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

Radillo, 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 Radillo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Radillo in America

Radillo is the 34758th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Radillo surname appeared 650 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 Radillo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Radillo 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 Radillo

The surname Radillo is believed to have originated in Spain during the medieval period. It is thought to be derived from the Spanish word "radilla," which means "small root" or "small shoot." This suggests that the name may have initially been given as a descriptive nickname to someone who was small in stature or had a slender frame.

The earliest known record of the Radillo surname dates back to the 13th century, when it appeared in a document from the region of Castile, in central Spain. In this document, a person named Juan Radillo was mentioned as a landowner in the town of Arévalo.

During the 15th century, the Radillo name began to spread across various parts of Spain, particularly in the regions of Andalusia and Extremadura. Historical records from this time period mention several individuals with the Radillo surname, including Pedro Radillo, who was a notable merchant in Seville born in 1432, and María Radillo, a nun from the Convent of Santa Clara in Badajoz, who lived from 1478 to 1542.

In the 16th century, the Radillo surname gained prominence in the Spanish colonial territories of the Americas. One notable figure was Juan de Radillo, a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Mexico alongside Hernán Cortés. He was born in Seville in 1492 and died in Mexico City in 1565.

Another historical figure with the Radillo surname was Diego Radillo, a Spanish explorer and navigator who was part of the Magellan expedition that completed the first circumnavigation of the globe. He was born in Cádiz, Spain, in 1495 and died at sea in 1522.

In the 17th century, the Radillo name appeared in various parts of the Spanish Empire, including the Philippines and the Caribbean. One notable individual from this time period was Tomás Radillo, a Spanish soldier and administrator who served as the governor of Havana, Cuba, from 1662 to 1668.

Throughout history, the Radillo surname has been associated with various place names in Spain, such as Radillanos, a small village in the province of Salamanca, and Radillos, a municipality in the province of Zamora. These place names likely derived from the Radillo surname, reflecting the presence of families bearing this name in those areas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Radillo

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

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

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