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Biography
other usesInfobox family name| name = Díaz| image =| caption = Díaz| meaning = "Son of Diego"| region = Spain | origin = Spanish | related names = Diaz (anglicized), Dias (surname)|Dias , Jameson (English translation) Díaz is a common Spanish name|Spanish surname meaning "son of Diago " variant of Diego . The name accounts for ~0.74% of the Spanish population, ranking 14th most frequently found surname in both 1999 and 2004 (Mateos & Tucker 2008, OcioTotal 1999). Compared to the most popular Spanish surname of those years, García (surname)|García , which accounted for ~3.48% of the population.
Variants and related names
There is minor evidence that Díez may be equivalent to Diaz, in the form of Spanish language listing of most frequent surnames in 1999 Spain (OcioTotal 1999). However, a 2008 in-press academic manuscript about Spanish naming in 2004 suggests otherwise, listing statistics for "Diaz" and "Diez" separately (Mateos & Tucker 2008).
In relation to descent from the Biblical names James (name)|James and Jacob (name)|Jacob , it has been surmised that Diaz is a Derivation (linguistics)|derivation of Diego from Iago (disambiguation)|Iago (Smith 1986), Sant Iagus . A second source suggests Díaz as being derived from a Gothic form of the paternal genitive case|genitive of Dia (disambiguation)|Dia , as in "Dia's child", or Diag , Diago or Diego (Dixon 1857). Dias translates into Son of Jacob
The surname is cognate with the Portuguese language surname Dias .
Usage
Díaz and the angelicized form Diaz appear to be surnames only, without evidence for use as given names. Use of Díaz may arise through Anglicization of Portuguese language Dias , as in the case of Bartolomeu 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 as Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar , and whose father's given name was Diego (Catholic Encyclopedia 1913).
There is at least one instance of use as a single name, the former Norwegian rap artist Diaz (musician)|Diaz , who was born to a Spanish father and Norwegian mother; his birth name was "Andrés Rafael Díaz".Citation needed|date=April 2008
Frequency
In Latin America Díaz was among the top 25% of surnames in use based on a study conducted in 1987 by the Institute for Genealogy and History for Latin America (De Platt 1996, pages 31& ndash;32).
Spanish surnames, including Díaz , are found more abundantly in Southern Italy than other non-Italian surnames as a result of the Early Modern Italy#Aftermath of the Italian Wars|domination of Italy by Spain during the 17th century (Fucilla 1949).
The following matrix contains available information on the frequency of this surname in various countries across a span of years.
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
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. ).
Transliteration
The Diaz name Translates into several different meanings 1.Wise Man Diaz in many different languages is pronounced Different In the Italian root meaning is vecchi in full meaning Delvecchiocoming from Italy. Which later Translated into Diaz In Spain.Then Traveled to Mexico making its way Here to America From Spain and Mexico migrants.
Notable people sharing the surname
Owing to the common nature of this surname, there are many notable people who share it. Among the most notable of these are:
El Cid (11th century), born Rodrigo Díaz , conqueror and subsequent ruler of Valencia, Spain
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
Bernal Díaz del Castillo (16th century), who provided an eye witness narrative for the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire|destruction of the Aztec Empire by Spanish conquistadors
José E. Díaz (19th century), hero of the Paraguayan War and appearing on the 100 Paraguayan guaraní coin
Porfirio Díaz (19th century), President of Mexico following the French intervention in Mexico
Armando Diaz (20th century), Italian Supreme Commander during World War I
Paquito Diaz (20th century), veteran Filipino actor and brother of Romy
Romy Diaz (20th century), veteran Filipino actor and brother of Paquito
Gloria Diaz (20th century), the first Filipino to bring home the Miss Universe crown.
Joe Diaz (20thCentury), One of first Mexican-Americans to attend University of California at Davis and Berkeley; Officer in the USMC WWII; Executive, Shell Chemical Co.
Matthew Diaz (20th century), American military lawyer responsible for the release of the identities of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp to the Center for Constitutional Rights
Javier Fabian Diaz (21st century), Latin Guitarist
Diaz (musician) (born 1976 as "Andres Rafael Diaz Rosa"), a rapper from Jessheim, Norway
Marco Diaz di Fujiko (poet-singer-speaker) (born in Italy, live in Bologna), the voice of Fujiko meet "Graziano Cernoia" in "Volk" the first book 2008, Diamando Perlano dead 2011
Nick Diaz (21st century), mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, brother of Nate
Nate Diaz (21st century), mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, brother of Nick
Oliver E. Diaz, Jr. (21st century), Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court
Junot Díaz (21st century), Dominican-American writer who received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2008
Rocsi|Raquel Roxanne Diaz , television personality and the host of 106 and Park on BET
Jonny Diaz , American contemporary Christian musician originally from Lakeland, Florida
Alyssa Diaz (21st century), Actress
Patricia Díaz Perea , professional triathlete
Laura A. Diaz , American contemporary Christian Author originally from Stockton,California
See also
Spanish naming customs
References
Reflist
cite journal |last= Bowie |first= Neil |coauthors= G W L Jackson |title= Surnames in Scotland over the last 140 years
|version= |pages= |publisher= General Register Office for Scotland |date= 2003-02-18 |url= http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/occpapers/surnames-in-scotland-over-the-last-140-years.html |accessdate= 2008-05-01
cite book |last= Carr |first= Derek C. |editor= Auguste Elfriede Christa Canitz and Gernot Rudolf Wieland
|title= From Arabye to Engelond |origyear= 1999 |url= http://books.google.com/? id=jkqQIsVPHJgC |accessdate= 2008-05-01 |publisher= University of Ottawa Press |isbn= 0-7766-0517-8 |pages= 56& ndash;57 (Note 16) |chapter= Arabic and Hebrew auctoritates in the Works of Enrique de Villena |year= 1999 |month= March
cite web |url= http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/ |title= Diaz |accessdate= 2008-05-01 |last= Longley |first= Paul
|coauthors= Alex Singleton, Richard Webber and Daryl Lloyd |work= http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/news/newsStory.asp? ID=151 SPLINT Project, University College London|publisher= National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|The National Trust Note : Attempts to link directly to search results pages result in failure to find the site.
cite journal |last= Mateos |first= Pablo |coauthors= Ken Tucker |year= 2008 |title= Forenames and Surnames in Spain in 2004
|journal= Names a Journal of Onomastics |volume= (in press) |url= http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/pablo/papers/Mateos%20and%20Tucker%20(2008)%20Forenames%20and%20Surname%20in%20Spain%20in%202004.pdf |format = PDF |accessdate= 2008-04-28
cite web |url= http://www.ociototal.com/recopila2/r_aficiones/apellidos.html
|title= Los 40 apellidos mas comunes en España |accessdate=2008-04-28 |author= OcioTotal |date= 1999-12-01 |work= Genealogía y heráldica |publisher= OcioTotal.com |language= Spanish
cite book |last= Smith |first= Elsdon Coles |title= American Surnames |origyear= 1986 |year = 1986
|url= http://books.google.com/? id=OfHBWBK1wQQC |accessdate= 2008-04-27 |publisher= Genealogical Publishing Com |isbn= 0-8063-1150-9 |pages= 63& ndash;64 |chapter= Surnames From Father's Name
United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100) . Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
cite web |url= http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/Top1000.xls |title= Top 1000 Names |accessdate= 2008-05-01
|author= United States Census Bureau |year= 2000 |work= Frequently Occurring Surnames From Census 2000 |format= XLS |publisher= U.S. Department of Commerce Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot
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 http://books.google.com/books? id=xxcSboo5KTAC for more information.
