Díaz is a common surname of Spanish origin with multiple meanings in multiple languages. First found in the Kingdom of Castile, where the name originated in the Visigoth period, the name accounts for about 0.17% of the Spanish population, ranking as the 14th-most frequently found surname in both 1999 and 2004.[1]
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There is minor evidence that Díez may be equivalent to Díaz, in the form of Spanish language listing of most frequent surnames in 1999 Spain.[2] However, a 2008 in-press academic manuscript about Spanish naming in 2004 suggests otherwise, listing statistics for "Díaz" and "Díez" separately.[3][4] The surname is a cognate with the Portuguese language surname Dias.
Usage
Díaz and the anglicized form Diaz appear to be surnames only, without evidence for use as given names. Use of Diaz may arise through Anglicization of Portuguese language Dias.
Many examples of the surnames Díaz exist among historically notable people as a patronymic of Diego. Among the earliest such examples is El Cid, whose real name was Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, and whose father's given name was Diego.[5][full citation needed]
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 21.5% of all known bearers of the surname Díaz were residents of Mexico (frequency 1:132), 11.4% of Colombia (1:96), 9.1% of Argentina (1:108), 8.0% of Spain (1:134), 7.2% of Venezuela (1:96), 6.7% of the United States (1:1,242), 5.2% of Peru (1:142), 5.0% of Cuba (1:53), 4.6% of Chile (1:87), 3.1% of the Philippines (1:742), 2.9% of the Dominican Republic (1:83), 2.5% of Puerto Rico (1:33), 2.4% of Guatemala (1:155), 2.0% of Honduras (1:100), 1.4% of El Salvador (1:107), 1.3% of Nicaragua (1:103), 1.2% of Ecuador (1:293) and 1.0% of Paraguay (1:161).
In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:134) in the following autonomous communities:
- 1. Canary Islands (1:53)
- 2. Asturias (1:54)
- 3. Extremadura (1:85)
- 4. Cantabria (1:89)
- 5. Castilla-La Mancha (1:97)
- 6. Galicia (1:112)
- 7. Andalusia (1:114)
- 8. Community of Madrid (1:121)
In Puerto Rico, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:33) in the following municipalities:[6]
- 1. Manatí (1:14)
- 2. Peñuelas (1:16)
- 3. Arecibo (1:16)
- 4. Morovis (1:16)
- 5. Yauco (1:17)
- 6. Barceloneta (1:17)
- 7. Guayanilla (1:17)
- 8. Florida (1:17)
- 9. Ponce (1:19)
- 10. Hatillo (1:19)
- 11. Isabela (1:19)
- 12. Utuado (1:20)
- 13. Cabo Rojo (1:20)
- 14. Ciales (1:21)
- 15. Lares (1:21)
- 16. Naranjito (1:21)
- 17. Camuy (1:22)
- 18. Quebradillas (1:22)
- 19. Rincón (1:22)
- 20. Canóvanas (1:22)
- 21. Aguadilla (1:23)
- 22. San Juan (1:23)
- 23. Loíza (1:24)
- 24. Juana Díaz (1:25)
- 25. Río Grande (1:25)
- 26. Trujillo Alto (1:28)
The following matrix contains available information on the frequency of this surname in various countries across a span of years.
| Country | 1880–1889 | 1960–1969 | 1990–1999 | 2000–2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2002: 0.008% (rank ?)(c) | |||
| New Zealand | 2002: 0.002% (rank ?)(c) | |||
| Spain | 1999: 0.74% (rank 14)(a) | 2004: na% (rank 14)(b) | ||
| United Kingdom | 1881: na% (rank 23,037)(c) | 1998: 0.001% (rank 10,773)(c) | ||
| United States | 1964: 0.047% (rank 335)[7] | 1990: 0.084% (rank 99)(d) 1990: 0.014% (rank ?)(c) |
2000: 0.18% (rank 73)(d) |
Reference codes, see #References: (a)=OcioTotal 1999, (b)=Mateos & Tucker 2008, (c)=Longley, et al., (d)=United States Census Bureau 1995, (e)=United States Census Bureau 2000
Notable people
Arts and entertainment
- Alirio Díaz (1923–2016), Venezuelan guitarist
- Álvaro Díaz González (born 1972), Chilean screenwriter, producer and director
- Alyssa Diaz (born 1985), American-Colombian actress
- Andres Rafael Diaz Rosa (born 1976), Spanish/Norwegian rapper "Diaz"
- Cameron Diaz (born 1972), American actress, producer, and former fashion model
- César Díaz (guitarist) (1951–2002), Puerto Rican guitar amplifier technician and guitarist
- Dilia Díaz Cisneros (1925–2017), Venezuelan teacher and poet
- Diomedes Díaz (1957–2013), Colombian singer, singer, songwriter and composer
- Elisa Ruiz Díaz (1964–2021), Paraguayan diplomat
- Francine Diaz (born 2004), Filipina actress and model
- Gloria Diaz (born 1951), Filipina actress, TV host and beauty queen, first Filipina to win Miss Universe
- Gregoria Díaz (1964-2023), Venezuelan journalist.
- Hernan Diaz (born 1973), writer and academic
- Joey Diaz (born 1963), Cuban-American stand-up comedian, actor, podcast host
- Johnny Diaz, American novelist and a journalist
- Joko Diaz, Filipino actor and action star
- Jonny Diaz (born 1984), American contemporary Christian musician
- José Manuel Díaz (1936–2013), Venezuelan actor and comedian in television and film known by the mononym Joselo
- José María Díaz (1813–1888), Spanish romanticist playwright and journalist
- Julio Díaz (disambiguation), several people
- Junot Díaz (born 1986), American writer
- Lav Diaz or Lavrente Indico Diaz (born 1958), Filipino independent filmmaker
- Leandro Díaz (composer) (1928–2013), Colombian composer
- Mariano Díaz (born 1929), Venezuelan photographer
- Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña (1807–1876), French painter of the Barbizon school
- Paquito Diaz (1937–2011), Filipino actor and director; father of Joko Diaz
- Priscilla Diaz (MISSPSTAR/P-Star) (born 1994), American rapper, singer and actress
- Rafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013), Ecuadorian poet and writer
- Ramón Díaz Sánchez (1903–1968), Venezuelan writer
- Robert Alan Diaz (1975–2015), American rapper better known as "Pumpkinhead"
- Rocsi Diaz (born 1983), Honduran-born, American television personality and model
- Romy Diaz (1941–2005), Filipino actor
- Roxana Díaz (born 1972), Venezuelan television actress
- Simón Díaz (1928–2014), Venezuelan singer and composer
- Sixto Diaz Rodriguez (1942–2023), Mexican-American singer-songwriter
- Ulpiano Díaz (1900–1990), Cuban percussionist
- Zadi Diaz, American podcaster and video blogger
Politics and military
- Adam Perez Diaz (1909–2010), the first Hispanic elected to the Phoenix City Council and also the first Hispanic to serve as Phoenix's Vice-Mayor
- Antoni Gutiérrez Díaz (1929–2006), Catalan physician and politician
- Armando Diaz (1861–1928), Italian General and a Marshal of Italy during World War I
- Domingo Díaz Arosemena (1875–1949), Panamanian politician, president from 1948 to 1949
- Edwige Diaz (born 1987), French politician
- Elimar Díaz (born 1989), Venezuelan politician
- Héctor A. Díaz, American politician
- Joaquín Díaz de Vivar (1907 – 2002), Argentine lawyer and politician, also a descendant of El Cid
- José Díaz, Spanish Communist and trade unionist
- José E. Díaz (1833–1867), Paraguayan general, hero of the Paraguayan War
- Pedro Díaz de Vivar (1740–1820), Spanish soldier and official, descendant of el Cid
- Porfirio Díaz (1830–1915), Mexican soldier, politician, dictator who served seven terms as President of Mexico, President of Mexico following the French intervention in Mexico
- Ramón Díaz (1926–2017), Uruguayan lawyer, economist and journalist, Chairman of the Central Bank
- Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043–1099), better known as El Cid, or Rodrigo, Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain
Sports
- Aledmys Díaz (born 1990), Cuban professional baseball player
- Alexis Díaz (baseball) (born 1996), Puerto Rican baseball player
- Ana Díaz (born 1954), Cuban volleyball player
- Antonio Díaz Jurado (1969–2013), Spanish footballer
- Brahim Díaz (born 1999), Spanish footballer
- Diomar Díaz (born 1990), Venezuelan footballer
- Edwin Díaz (born 1994), Puerto Rican baseball player
- Elías Díaz (born 1990), Venezuelan baseball player
- Hernán Díaz, Argentine footballer
- Hidilyn Diaz (born 1991), Filipino weightlifter and Olympic Champion
- Hugo Díaz, multiple people
- Isidoro Díaz (born 1938), Mexican footballer
- Jhonathan Díaz (born 1996), Venezuelan baseball player
- Joaquin Carlos Diaz (1948–2015), Cuban chess master
- Jordan Díaz (baseball) (born 2000), Colombian baseball player
- Joselo Díaz (born 1980), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Juan Díaz Sánchez (1948–2013), Spanish footballer known as Juanito
- Lewin Díaz (born 1996), Dominican baseball player
- Linus Diaz (born 1933), Sri Lankan long-distance runner
- Luis Díaz (disambiguation), several people
- Matt Diaz (born 1978), American professional baseball player and sportscaster
- Miguel Díaz (baseball) (born 1994), Dominican baseball player
- Nate Diaz (born 1985), American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
- Nick Diaz (born 1983), American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
- Patricia Díaz Perea (born 1984), Spanish professional triathlete
- Raquel Diaz (born 1990), ring name of American professional wrestler and burlesque dancer Shaul Guerrero
- Rubén Toribio Díaz (born 1952), Peruvian footballer
- Salvador Diaz (born 1933), Venezuelan chess master
- Tony Diaz (born 1977), Dominican baseball coach
- Víctor Díaz (basketball) (born 1968), Venezuelan basketball player
- Yainer Díaz (born 1998), Dominican baseball player
- Yandy Díaz (born 1991), Cuban professional baseball player
- Yennsy Díaz (born 1996), Dominican Republic professional baseball player
- Yusniel Díaz (born 1996), Cuban baseball player
Others
- Antonio Díaz (disambiguation), several people
- Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1451–1500), first European known to have sailed around the Southern tip of Africa
- Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492 to 1496, precise birth date is uncertain–1584), Spanish conquistador
- California Odha Zertuche Díaz (1923–1991), Mexican civil engineer, first woman to graduate from the UNAM School of Engineering
- Federico Díaz Legórburu, Venezuelan scouting leader
- Franklin Chang-Díaz (born 1950), former NASA astronaut from Costa Rica
- Matthew Diaz, American military lawyer
- Miguel H. Díaz, American diplomat
- Virgilio Morales Díaz, one of the last National Chief Scouts of Cuban scouting
Fictional characters
- Alex Claremont-Diaz, the main protagonist of the novel Red White & Royal Blue by Casey MacQuiston and its film adaptation of the same name.
- Edmundo "Eddie" Diaz, a character in the television series 9-1-1
- Ernesto Diaz, the main antagonist of Time Crisis II
- Marco Diaz, a character in the animated series Star vs. the Forces of Evil
- Marco Diaz, a character in the television series Bloodline
- Rosa Diaz, a main character in the television series Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Sean Diaz, the main protagonist of Life is Strange 2
- Miguel Diaz, one of the main characters of in Netflix series Cobra kai
See also
- Dias, the Portuguese cognate of Díaz
- Spanish naming customs
References
- ^ Mateos & Tucker 2008, OcioTotal 1999
- ^ OcioTotal 1999.
- ^ Mateos & Tucker 2008.
- ^ Díaz as being derived from a Gothic form of the paternal genitive of Dia, as in "Dia's child", or Diag, Diago or Diego (Dixon 1857).
- ^ 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
- ^ Díaz surname distribution
- ^ Rank 16 among Hispanic-Americans (De Platt 1996, pages 15–16)
- Bowie, Neil; G W L Jackson (2003-02-18). "Surnames in Scotland over the last 140 years". General Register Office for Scotland. Archived from the original on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Carr, Derek C. (March 1999) [1999]. "Arabic and Hebrew auctoritates in the Works of Enrique de Villena". In Auguste Elfriede Christa Canitz and Gernot Rudolf Wieland (ed.). From Arabye to Engelond. University of Ottawa Press. pp. 56–57 (Note 16). ISBN 0-7766-0517-8. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913). s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/El Cid. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
- De Platt, Lyman (1996) [1996]. Hispanic Surnames and Family History. The Hispanic Book of Generations. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 0-8063-1480-X. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
- Dixon, Bernard Homer (1857) [1857]. Surnames (2nd ed.). John Wilson and Son. p. 20. Retrieved 2008-04-30 – via Internet Archive.
- Fucilla, Joseph Guerin (1987) [1949]. Our Italian Surnames (reprint ed.). Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 109, footnote 6. ISBN 0-8063-1187-8. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
- Mateos, Pablo; Ken Tucker (2008). "Forenames and Surnames in Spain in 2004" (PDF). Names: A Journal of Onomastics. (in press). Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- OcioTotal (1999-12-01). "Los 40 apellidos mas comunes en España". Genealogía y heráldica (in Spanish). OcioTotal.com. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- Smith, Elsdon Coles (1986) [1986]. "Surnames From Father's Name". American Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0-8063-1150-9. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100). Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- United States Census Bureau (2000). "Top 1000 Names". Frequently Occurring Surnames From Census 2000. U.S. Department of Commerce. Archived from the original (XLS) on 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
External links
- A history of the Díaz surname compiled by the Institute for Genealogy and History for Latin America is available for a fee. See pages 38 and 39 of https://books.google.com/books?id=xxcSboo5KTAC for more information.
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