From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diaz
Diaz
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 King- 1881: na% (rank 1998: 0.001% (rank
dom 23,037)(c) 10,773)(c)
United States 1964: 0.047% (rank 1990: 0.084% (rank 99)(d) 2000: 0.18% (rank
335)[1] 1990: 0.014% (rank ?)(c) 73)(d)
Díaz Usage
Family name Díaz and the angelicized form Diaz appear to be surnames
Meaning "Son of Diego" only, without evidence for use as given names. Use of Díaz
may arise through Anglicization of Portuguese language
Region of Spain
Dias, as in the case of Bartolomeu Dias.
origin
Many examples of the surnames Díaz exist among his-
Related Diaz (anglicized), Dias, Jameson (English torically notable people as a patronymic of Diego. Among
names translation) the earliest such examples is El Cid, whose real name as
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, and whose father’s given name was
Díaz is a common Spanish surname meaning "son of Dia- Diego (Catholic Encyclopedia 1913).
go" variant of Diego. The name accounts for ~0.74% of the There is at least one instance of use as a single name,
Spanish population, ranking 14th most frequently found the former Norwegian rap artist Diaz, who was born to
surname in both 1999 and 2004 (Mateos & Tucker 2008, a Spanish father and Norwegian mother; his birth name
OcioTotal 1999). Compared to the most popular Span- was "Andrés Rafael Díaz".[citation needed]
ish surname of those years, García, which accounted for
~3.48% of the population. Frequency
In Latin America Díaz was among the top 25% of surnames
Variants and related names in use based on a study conducted in 1987 by the Institute
There is minor evidence that Díez may be equivalent to for Genealogy and History for Latin America (De Platt
Diaz, in the form of Spanish language listing of most fre- 1996, pages 31–32).
quent surnames in 1999 Spain (OcioTotal 1999). However, Spanish surnames, including Díaz, are found more
a 2008 in-press academic manuscript about Spanish nam- abundantly in Southern Italy than other non-Italian sur-
ing in 2004 suggests otherwise, listing statistics for "Diaz" names as a result of the domination of Italy by Spain dur-
and "Diez" separately (Mateos & Tucker 2008). ing the 17th century (Fucilla 1949).
In relation to descent from the Biblical names James The following matrix contains available information
and Jacob, it has been surmised that Diaz is a derivation of on the frequency of this surname in various countries
Diego from Iago (Smith 1986), Sant Iagus. A second source across a span of years.
suggests Díaz as being derived from a Gothic form of the Reference codes, see #References: (a)=OcioTotal 1999,
paternal genitive of Dia, as in "Dia’s child", or Diag, Diago (b)=Mateos & Tucker 2008, (c)=Longley, et al., (d)=United
or Diego (Dixon 1857). Dias translates into Son of Jacob States Census Bureau 1995, (e)=United States Census
The surname is cognate with the Portuguese lan- Bureau 2000
guage surname Dias. Several assessed countries have shown no instances
of this surname, among these being Northern Ireland,
Republic of Ireland and Scotland (Bowie 2003; Longley, et
al.).
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diaz
Transliteration • Nate Diaz (21st century), mixed martial arts (MMA)
fighter, brother of Nick
The Diaz name Translates into several different meanin- • Oliver E. Diaz, Jr. (21st century), Justice, Mississippi
gs [1.Wise Man] Diaz in many different languages is pro- Supreme Court
nounced Different In the Italian root meaning is [vecchi] • Junot Díaz (21st century), Dominican-American
in full meaning [Delvecchio]coming from Italy. Which writer who received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in
later Translated into Diaz In Spain.Then Traveled to Mex- 2008
ico making its way Here to America From Spain and Mex- • Raquel Roxanne Diaz, television personality and the
ico migrants. host of 106 and Park on BET
• Jonny Diaz, American contemporary Christian
Notable people sharing the sur- musician originally from Lakeland, Florida
• Alyssa Diaz (21st century), Actress
name • Patricia Díaz Perea, professional triathlete
• Laura A. Diaz, American contemporary Christian
Owing to the common nature of this surname, there are
Author originally from Stockton,California
many notable people who share it. Among the most no-
table of these are:
• El Cid (11th century), born Rodrigo Díaz, conqueror See also
and subsequent ruler of Valencia, Spain
• Spanish naming customs
• Bartholomew Diaz (15th century), the anglicized
form of the name, who was the first European known
to have sailed around the Southern tip of Africa References
• Bernal Díaz del Castillo (16th century), who provided [1] Rank 16 among Hispanic-Americans (De Platt 1996,
an eye witness narrative for the destruction of the pages 15–16)
Aztec Empire by Spanish conquistadors • Bowie, Neil; G W L Jackson (2003-02-18). Surnames in
• José E. Díaz (19th century), hero of the War of the Scotland over the last 140 years. General Register Office
Triple Alliance and appearing on the 100 Paraguayan for Scotland. http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/
guaraní coin statistics/publications-and-data/occpapers/
• Porfirio Díaz (19th century), President of Mexico surnames-in-scotland-over-the-last-140-years.html.
following the French intervention in Mexico Retrieved 2008-05-01.
• Armando Diaz (20th century), Italian Supreme • Carr, Derek C. (March 1999) [1999]. "Arabic and
Commander during World War I Hebrew auctoritates in the Works of Enrique de
• Paquito Diaz (20th century), veteran Filipino actor Villena". In Auguste Elfriede Christa Canitz and
and brother of Romy Gernot Rudolf Wieland. From Arabye to Engelond.
• Romy Diaz (20th century), veteran Filipino actor and University of Ottawa Press. pp. 56–57 (Note 16).
brother of Paquito ISBN 0776605178. http://books.google.com/
• Gloria Diaz (20th century), the first Filipino to bring ?id=jkqQIsVPHJgC. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
home the Miss Universe crown. • Catholic Encyclopedia (1913). s:Catholic Encyclopedia
• Joe Diaz (20thCentury), One of first Mexican- (1913)/El Cid. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
Americans to attend University of California at Davis • De Platt, Lyman (1996) [1996]. Hispanic Surnames and
and Berkeley; Officer in the USMC WWII; Executive, Family History. The Hispanic Book of Generations. 1
Shell Chemical Co. (1st ed.). Genealogical Publishing Com.
• Matthew Diaz (20th century), American military ISBN 080631480X. http://books.google.com/
lawyer responsible for the release of the identities of ?id=xxcSboo5KTAC. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp to • Dixon, Bernard Homer (2006-08-08) [1857]. Surnames
the Center for Constitutional Rights (2nd ed.). Google Books. p. 20.
• Cameron Diaz (21st century), Actress http://books.google.com/?id=_2oCAAAAQAAJ.
• Diaz (musician) (born 1976 as "Andres Rafael Diaz Retrieved 2998-04-30.
Rosa"), a rapper from Jessheim, Norway • Fucilla, Joseph Guerin (1987) [1949]. Our Italian
• Marco Diaz di Fujiko (poet-singer-speaker) (born in Surnames (reprint ed.). Genealogical Publishing Com.
Italy, live in Bologna), the voice of Fujiko meet pp. 109, footnote 6. ISBN 0806311878.
"Graziano Cernoia" in "Volk" the first book 2008, http://books.google.com/?id=Qmg6DfzFP9cC.
Diamando Perlano 2011 Retrieved 2008-04-30.
• Nick Diaz (21st century), mixed martial arts (MMA) • Longley, Paul; Alex Singleton, Richard Webber and
fighter, brother of Nate Daryl Lloyd. "Diaz". SPLINT Project, University College
London. The National Trust.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diaz
http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/. Retrieved http://books.google.com/?id=OfHBWBK1wQQC.
Note:
2008-05-01. Note Attempts to link directly to search Retrieved 2008-04-27.
results pages result in failure to find the site. • United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990
• Mateos, Pablo; Ken Tucker (2008). "Forenames and Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100). Retrieved on
Surnames in Spain in 2004" (PDF). Names a Journal of 2008-04-04.
press).
Onomastics (in press) http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/ • United States Census Bureau (2000). "Top 1000
pablo/papers/ Names" (XLS). Frequently Occurring Surnames From
Census 2000. U.S. Department of Commerce.
Mateos%20and%20Tucker%20(2008)%20Forenames%20and%20Surname%20in%20Spain%20in%202004.pdf.
Retrieved 2008-04-28. http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/
• OcioTotal (1999-12-01). "Los 40 apellidos mas Top1000.xls. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
comunes en España" (in Spanish). Genealogía y
heráldica. OcioTotal.com. http://www.ociototal.com/
recopila2/r_aficiones/apellidos.html. Retrieved
External links
2008-04-28. • A history of the Díaz surname compiled by the
• Smith, Elsdon Coles (1986) [1986]. "Surnames From Institute for Genealogy and History for Latin
Father’s Name". American Surnames. Genealogical America is available for a fee. See pages 38 and 39 of
Publishing Com. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0806311509. http://books.google.com/books?id=xxcSboo5KTAC
for more information.
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