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

Silva-Rodriguez, 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 Silva-Rodriguez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Silva-Rodriguez in America

Silva-Rodriguez is the 148347th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Silva-Rodriguez surname appeared 111 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 Silva-Rodriguez.

The history of the last name Silva-Rodriguez

The surname SILVARODRIGUEZ is a compound surname of Spanish origin, originating in the late 15th or early 16th century. It is a combination of the Spanish words "silva" meaning "forest" and "rodriguez" which is a patronymic surname derived from the given name Rodrigo, itself derived from the Germanic name Roderick meaning "famous power."

The earliest known reference to the name SILVARODRIGUEZ dates back to a land registry record in the town of Villanueva de la Serena in the province of Badajoz, Spain, in the year 1529. This record mentions a landowner named Juan de SILVARODRIGUEZ who had acquired a parcel of forestland in the region.

In the late 16th century, a prominent figure with the surname SILVARODRIGUEZ was Alonso de SILVARODRIGUEZ, a Spanish conquistador and explorer who accompanied Hernán Cortés on his expedition to Mexico. Alonso de SILVARODRIGUEZ was born in Seville, Spain, in 1492 and died in 1562 in Mexico City.

During the 17th century, the SILVARODRIGUEZ surname appears in several historical documents related to the Spanish colonization of the Americas. One notable figure was Diego de SILVARODRIGUEZ, a Spanish soldier and settler who founded the town of San Diego de la Unión in the province of Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1651.

In the 18th century, a prominent bearer of the SILVARODRIGUEZ surname was José Antonio de SILVARODRIGUEZ, a Spanish military officer and governor of the province of Texas from 1734 to 1737. He was born in Seville, Spain, in 1695 and died in Mexico City in 1760.

Another noteworthy figure with the surname SILVARODRIGUEZ was María Antonia de SILVARODRIGUEZ, a Spanish philanthropist and patron of the arts who lived in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1775 and died in 1832.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Silva-Rodriguez

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Silva-Rodriguez.

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 Silva-Rodriguez 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 Silva-Rodriguez was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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