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The DIAZ surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 251,772 73 0.093 933
United States (1880 census) 389 11751 0.001 8
Change since 1880 +251383 +11678 +0.092 +925
Other Countries
Australia 779 2078 0.005 48
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for DIAZ by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 61,614 27 0.182 1,819
Florida 42,902 24 0.268 2,684
Texas 32,209 61 0.154 1,545
New York 21,930 41 0.116 1,156
Illinois 13,122 60 0.106 1,057
Top States for DIAZ by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 42,902 24 0.268 2,684
California 61,614 27 0.182 1,819
Nevada 3,273 41 0.164 1,638
Texas 32,209 61 0.154 1,545
Arizona 6,861 55 0.134 1,337

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DIAZ live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DIAZ represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DIAZ in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DIAZ by picking someone at random in Florida than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DIAZ

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DIAZ surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the DIAZ surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DIAZ in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Native American/Alaskan 554 0.22
White (Hispanic) 229,666 91.22
White (Caucasian) 15,534 6.17
Asian/Pacific 2,996 1.19
Black/African American 1,838 0.73
Mixed Race 1,183 0.47

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DIAZ surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of DIAZ in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of DIAZ.

Similar names to DIAZ

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DIAZ.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for DIAZ

The following words are slight variants of DIAZ that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.