Hidalgo Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History - Forebears

Hidalgo Surname

1,220th Most Commonsurname in the World

Approximately 436,055 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in: MexicoHighest density in: Costa Rica

Hidalgo Surname Definition:

One of noble descent, a lord; one who apes the manners or appearance of the nobility.

Probably refers to a rich person.

Galician name spread throughout the Peninsula with Reconquest.

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Hidalgo Surname Distribution Map

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• 1881
• 1880

Sort resultsIncidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Mexico	60,362	1:2,056	292
Spain	58,574	1:798	77
Venezuela	43,820	1:689	133
Chile	33,578	1:525	113
Peru	32,856	1:967	142
Ecuador	32,304	1:492	66
Cuba	24,364	1:473	82
United States	21,635	1:16,753	2,116
Costa Rica	21,387	1:224	65
Argentina	17,699	1:2,415	319
Colombia	17,656	1:2,706	491
Philippines	16,848	1:6,009	511
Dominican Republic	12,919	1:808	149
Guatemala	12,336	1:1,304	234
Bolivia	7,195	1:1,476	286
Panama	6,004	1:652	127
El Salvador	4,652	1:1,364	262
Brazil	3,446	1:62,123	2,316
Nicaragua	1,577	1:3,818	482
France	1,412	1:47,042	6,059
Paraguay	1,150	1:6,293	458
Honduras	1,103	1:7,993	578
Canada	498	1:73,987	8,368
Puerto Rico	440	1:8,068	453
Uruguay	296	1:11,594	1,299
Saudi Arabia	239	1:129,104	17,726
England	217	1:256,765	20,624
Germany	179	1:449,751	39,926
Belgium	137	1:83,917	13,161
Australia	116	1:232,722	21,885
Italy	101	1:605,512	55,891
Singapore	94	1:58,593	2,307
Portugal	75	1:138,910	6,177
Netherlands	69	1:244,742	31,623
Thailand	66	1:1,070,278	160,486
Guam	58	1:2,761	360
Switzerland	58	1:141,602	13,683
Suriname	51	1:10,836	2,716
Sweden	50	1:196,935	13,646
Ireland	42	1:112,118	5,755
Belize	37	1:9,607	1,280
Aruba	32	1:3,234	449
Norway	27	1:190,455	22,163
Andorra	23	1:3,645	702
New Zealand	21	1:215,634	21,249
Denmark	20	1:282,236	21,168
Taiwan	18	1:1,302,486	8,817
Iceland	15	1:25,339	1,935
Scotland	15	1:356,921	15,763
China	14	1:97,665,826	5,141
Austria	12	1:709,620	61,025
Finland	9	1:610,745	34,002
South Africa	9	1:6,019,745	157,966
Czechia	8	1:1,329,184	91,312
Northern Mariana Islands	8	1:6,822	652
Papua New Guinea	8	1:1,019,215	101,897
Russia	8	1:18,015,382	436,635
Hong Kong	7	1:1,047,926	4,985
Japan	7	1:18,263,470	47,869
Qatar	6	1:393,000	55,922
United Arab Emirates	6	1:1,527,046	51,993
Egypt	5	1:18,387,151	62,330
Greece	5	1:2,215,958	91,893
South Korea	5	1:10,248,051	1,694
Angola	4	1:6,747,304	6,999
Israel	4	1:2,139,408	95,907
New Caledonia	4	1:69,056	6,678
Northern Ireland	3	1:615,012	18,081
Malaysia	3	1:9,831,408	269,765
Nigeria	3	1:59,047,586	507,603
Afghanistan	2	1:16,076,592	43,178
Jamaica	2	1:1,434,974	11,081
Jordan	2	1:4,421,218	22,351
Kenya	2	1:23,089,950	83,168
Senegal	2	1:7,289,671	8,117
Trinidad and Tobago	2	1:681,988	17,017
United States Virgin Islands	2	1:55,188	6,229
Vietnam	2	1:46,323,027	5,235
Wales	2	1:1,547,266	39,871
Azerbaijan	1	1:9,649,122	47,873
Bangladesh	1	1:159,356,773	26,077
Belarus	1	1:9,501,059	159,228
Cambodia	1	1:15,487,146	14,824
Central African Republic	1	1:4,515,390	1,196
Chad	1	1:13,592,199	13,092
Comoros	1	1:749,524	685
Cyprus	1	1:884,876	13,055
Estonia	1	1:1,321,804	40,178
Georgia	1	1:3,745,545	47,852
Guinea-Bissau	1	1:1,728,021	323
Hungary	1	1:9,816,277	73,288
Kuwait	1	1:3,800,694	27,187
Lebanon	1	1:5,637,083	32,436
Luxembourg	1	1:580,542	15,155
Malta	1	1:430,272	3,380
Morocco	1	1:34,476,099	111,471
Nepal	1	1:28,480,956	22,413
Oman	1	1:3,687,971	14,390
Poland	1	1:38,008,749	231,653
Romania	1	1:20,077,870	89,414
Slovakia	1	1:5,336,450	140,422
Tanzania	1	1:52,941,613	123,716
Tunisia	1	1:610,626	30,336
Turkey	1	1:77,821,422	191,047
Turks and Caicos Islands	1	1:34,329	862
Vanuatu	1	1:263,276	2,086
Yemen	1	1:26,425,294	55,147

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	2	1:12,187,685	173,419

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	131	1:383,349	28,717

The alternate forms: Hídalgo (1) are calculated separately.

Hidalgo (3,108) may also be a first name.

Hidalgo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

One of noble descent, a lord; one who apes the manners or appearance of the nobility.

Probably refers to a rich person.

Galician name spread throughout the Peninsula with Reconquest.

— Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

The name Hidalgo in the world.

The etymology of the name is very uncertain but it is quite logical to think that hidalgo being hijo de algo is an adapted translation of the Arabic ibn nas or the Hebrew ben adam or the biblical and evangelical scriptures 'son of man'.

The fact is that the name seems to spread from the moment when the Spanish language imposed itself against all others in Spain and therefore the appearance would have been made from the Arab conquest.

The expression 'son of man' goes back in all monotheistic religions to the biblical idea that every man is the son of Adam.

Adam meaning 'man made of the red clay of the earth'. It seems to me that behind the name Hidalgo could hide an ancestor of Jewish or Muslim origin from the moment when these two religions were banned in Spain in 1492.

- patrick rené henri jouannès

This is a surname given to a nobleman or knight - someone who inherited nobility through accomplishments of bravery in battles.

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Hidalgo Demographics

Average Male Hidalgo Height

171.75 cmAverage male height (US): 175.3 cmSample size: 897 (2014)

Average Female Hidalgo Height

159.56 cmAverage female height (US): 161.5 cmSample size: 93 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Hidalgo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hidalgo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Hidalgo occurs in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Hídalgo. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hidalgo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,220th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 16,712 people. The last name Hidalgo occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Hidalgo live; 43 percent live in South America and 17 percent live in Andean South America. It is also the 129,270th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 3,108 people.

The last name is most widely held in Mexico, where it is borne by 60,362 people, or 1 in 2,056. In Mexico it is primarily found in: México, where 15 percent are found, Chiapas, where 11 percent are found and Mexico City, where 10 percent are found. Other than Mexico Hidalgo is found in 106 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 13 percent are found and Venezuela, where 10 percent are found.

Hidalgo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hidalgo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hidalgo surname grew 16,515 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 10,850 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hidalgo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Hidalgo are 41.4% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.63% registered with the political party.

The amount Hidalgo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 58.14% less than the national average, earning €12,570 per year; in Norway they earn 30.92% less than the national average, earning 239,085 kr per year; in Peru they earn 3.91% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,142 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.85% less than the national average, earning $22,283,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.06% less than the national average, earning $40,534 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.67% less than the national average, earning $46,369 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sort resultsIncidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Hídalgo	95	1	/
Hidalgos	93	24	/
Hidallgo	93	7	/
Hidalgoo	93	6	/
Hidaalgo	93	4	/
Hoidalgo	93	2	/
Haidalgo	93	2	/
Hidalgop	93	2	/
Heidalgo	93	2	/
Hiodalgo	93	1	/
Hhidalgo	93	1	/
Hidaslgo	93	1	/
Hidalgot	93	1	/
Hidalgoa	93	1	/
Hiddalgo	93	1	/
Hiedalgo	93	0	/
Idalgo	92	3,173	/
D'Hidalgo	88	1	/
Hidalga	86	259	/
Hydalgo	86	70	/
Hedalgo	86	49	/
Hidolgo	86	6	/
Aidalgo	86	5	/
Hudalgo	86	4	/
Jidalgo	86	3	/
Gidalgo	86	2	/
Idalgou	86	1	/
Ihdalgo	86	1	/
Edalgo	77	188	/
Ydalgo	77	119	/
Idalga	77	2	/
Idolgo	77	1	/
Gedalgo	71	1	/
Ydalga	62	7	/
Aydalga	57	35	/
Idolgah	57	4	/
Edalgha	57	1	/

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