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Rodriguez Surname

57th Most Commonsurname in the World

Approximately 9,213,157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in: MexicoHighest density in: Cuba

Rodriguez Surname Definition:

(Span.) genit. of Rodrigo, i.e. Roderick, q.v. in Dict.

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Rodriguez Surname Distribution Map

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• 2014
• 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	2,384,519	1:52	7
Spain	942,872	1:50	2
Colombia	903,289	1:53	1
United States	854,173	1:424	14
Venezuela	777,429	1:39	2
Cuba	548,259	1:21	1
Argentina	541,922	1:79	2
Peru	294,917	1:108	5
Dominican Republic	253,233	1:41	1
Honduras	206,391	1:43	4
Ecuador	149,124	1:107	5
Panama	147,381	1:27	1
Philippines	143,072	1:708	26
Bolivia	121,503	1:87	7
Chile	120,341	1:146	12
Guatemala	118,899	1:135	16
El Salvador	109,124	1:58	5
Costa Rica	108,061	1:44	1
Uruguay	107,117	1:32	1
Puerto Rico	102,137	1:35	4
Nicaragua	101,110	1:60	7
Paraguay	63,321	1:114	16
France	51,245	1:1,296	62
Brazil	14,870	1:14,396	761
Canada	6,731	1:5,474	798
England	3,856	1:14,450	2,133
Germany	3,324	1:24,219	3,215
Switzerland	3,042	1:2,700	324
Equatorial Guinea	2,867	1:396	83
Belgium	2,653	1:4,333	482
Australia	2,623	1:10,292	1,529
Italy	2,607	1:23,459	4,112
Curaçao	2,488	1:63	19
Belize	2,247	1:158	15
Thailand	1,881	1:37,554	4,013
Trinidad and Tobago	1,552	1:879	126
Morocco	1,500	1:22,984	3,586
Andorra	1,376	1:61	2
Portugal	1,368	1:7,616	704
Netherlands	900	1:18,764	2,927
Benin	502	1:20,589	2,753
Sweden	380	1:25,913	2,111
Saudi Arabia	358	1:86,189	12,374
Israel	315	1:27,167	3,956
India	292	1:2,626,936	82,479
Japan	265	1:482,431	14,204
Aruba	259	1:400	44
Bahrain	235	1:5,739	1,064
Ireland	217	1:21,700	2,182
Haiti	202	1:52,891	3,144
Russia	201	1:717,030	60,595
Scotland	201	1:26,636	2,871
Gibraltar	194	1:175	6
New Zealand	190	1:23,833	4,174
United States Virgin Islands	182	1:606	70
Denmark	177	1:31,891	3,313
Norway	171	1:30,072	4,157
Oman	170	1:21,694	1,938
Austria	164	1:51,923	8,178
Guam	156	1:1,026	149
Suriname	147	1:3,759	747
Luxembourg	139	1:4,177	570
New Caledonia	135	1:2,046	184
South Africa	127	1:426,596	36,772
Senegal	125	1:116,635	1,121
Malaysia	124	1:237,857	13,554
China	121	1:11,300,178	687
United Arab Emirates	106	1:86,437	7,875
Kuwait	96	1:39,591	4,718
Czechia	91	1:116,851	18,971
Poland	89	1:427,065	44,572
Finland	85	1:64,667	7,355
Iceland	67	1:5,673	667
Greece	65	1:170,458	27,584
Wales	64	1:48,352	4,540
Hungary	57	1:172,215	15,080
Micronesia	56	1:1,897	409
French Polynesia	55	1:5,106	1,145
Qatar	53	1:44,491	4,459
Malta	48	1:8,964	551
Iraq	47	1:745,142	10,632
Lebanon	43	1:131,095	6,872
Jamaica	37	1:77,566	3,653
Afghanistan	35	1:918,662	9,049
Estonia	35	1:37,766	7,217
Kazakhstan	35	1:505,214	37,000
Latvia	34	1:60,295	9,027
Singapore	34	1:161,991	6,884
Nigeria	32	1:5,535,711	139,404
South Korea	31	1:1,652,911	408
Antigua and Barbuda	29	1:3,420	496
Hong Kong	28	1:261,982	3,060
Indonesia	26	1:5,086,507	239,866
Vietnam	26	1:3,563,310	2,321
Dominica	23	1:3,300	368
Botswana	22	1:99,406	15,343
Monaco	22	1:1,685	58
Uzbekistan	22	1:1,405,870	25,726
Cayman Islands	20	1:3,195	435
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	19	1:5,929	653
Taiwan	19	1:1,233,934	8,385
Angola	18	1:1,499,401	3,818
Bermuda	17	1:3,840	587
DR Congo	16	1:4,617,473	182,864
Northern Ireland	15	1:123,002	7,073
Barbados	15	1:19,163	1,043
Slovakia	15	1:355,763	48,124
Belarus	14	1:678,647	56,781
Egypt	14	1:6,566,840	48,108
Grenada	14	1:7,752	722
Turks and Caicos Islands	14	1:2,452	252
Bangladesh	13	1:12,258,213	13,515
Ukraine	13	1:3,501,746	189,921
American Samoa	11	1:5,069	1,123
Ghana	11	1:2,456,427	11,552
Mozambique	11	1:2,478,324	2,935
Northern Mariana Islands	11	1:4,962	486
Azerbaijan	10	1:964,912	14,691
Cameroon	10	1:2,076,907	105,188
Cape Verde	10	1:52,964	1,947
Congo	10	1:498,910	11,250
Jersey	10	1:9,920	2,003
Pakistan	10	1:17,864,388	68,137
Sri Lanka	10	1:2,080,856	9,181
Chad	9	1:1,510,244	5,402
East Timor	9	1:135,103	179
Turkey	9	1:8,646,825	130,497
Vanuatu	9	1:29,253	714
Croatia	8	1:528,576	38,675
Guyana	8	1:95,278	6,792
Saint Martin	8	1:4,394	114
Liechtenstein	7	1:5,483	742
Saint Kitts and Nevis	7	1:7,886	671
Uganda	7	1:5,577,040	114,218
Cambodia	6	1:2,581,191	8,069
Kenya	6	1:7,696,650	52,907
Slovenia	6	1:414,612	18,975
Bahamas	5	1:78,350	887
Brunei	5	1:83,746	1,811
Macau	5	1:120,326	534
Tanzania	5	1:10,588,323	75,430
Tunisia	5	1:122,125	16,050
Lithuania	4	1:758,647	25,175
Madagascar	4	1:5,912,459	5,394
Moldova	4	1:890,342	46,069
Nepal	4	1:7,120,239	14,461
Papua New Guinea	4	1:2,038,429	140,827
Saint Barthelemy	4	1:2,404	44
Seychelles	4	1:23,098	1,012
Tuvalu	4	1:2,797	36
Algeria	3	1:12,877,184	84,902
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1:1,178,801	15,876
Bulgaria	3	1:2,326,302	54,089
Libya	3	1:2,081,325	6,108
Mali	3	1:5,656,345	4,022
Mauritania	3	1:1,364,954	27,355
Romania	3	1:6,692,623	78,504
Zambia	3	1:5,283,307	43,479
Anguilla	2	1:6,718	471
Armenia	2	1:1,465,090	16,492
Comoros	2	1:374,762	673
Cyprus	2	1:442,438	9,493
Ethiopia	2	1:48,773,131	29,601
Gabon	2	1:944,597	6,773
Gambia	2	1:961,726	1,013
Georgia	2	1:1,872,772	35,618
Iran	2	1:38,391,262	236,033
Ivory Coast	2	1:11,535,616	61,806
Kyrgyzstan	2	1:2,986,327	84,533
Laos	2	1:3,294,162	1,900
Montenegro	2	1:319,782	7,691
Myanmar	2	1:25,968,992	2,110
Niger	2	1:9,596,008	86,358
Togo	2	1:3,623,884	11,997
Turkmenistan	2	1:2,744,556	11,412
Zimbabwe	2	1:7,719,120	118,432
Albania	1	1:2,914,055	29,474
Bhutan	1	1:616,039	1,715
British Virgin Islands	1	1:31,594	1,029
Burundi	1	1:9,804,852	2,349
Cook Islands	1	1:18,179	1,485
Eritrea	1	1:4,751,901	911
Greenland	1	1:56,379	1,133
Guinea	1	1:11,833,817	3,268
Isle of Man	1	1:85,822	4,091
Jordan	1	1:8,842,437	26,010
Malawi	1	1:17,119,109	34,144
Maldives	1	1:404,172	7,269
Marshall Islands	1	1:51,821	2,326
Mongolia	1	1:2,825,289	17,010
Namibia	1	1:2,409,401	19,676
Palestine	1	1:4,548,849	18,388
Saint Lucia	1	1:178,781	3,800
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1	1:6,399	357
San Marino	1	1:33,214	932
São Tomé and Príncipe	1	1:177,423	3,686
Serbia	1	1:7,144,948	38,459
Sudan	1	1:37,510,195	14,259
Syria	1	1:19,301,022	22,457
Tajikistan	1	1:8,386,692	12,859
Yemen	1	1:26,425,294	55,147

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	28	1:870,549	37,307

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	1,926	1:26,074	3,204

The alternate forms: Rodríguez (44,962), Rodrîguez (10), Ródriguez (8), Rodrīguez (1), Rodrigûez (1) & Ródríguez (2) are calculated separately.

Rodriguez (10,075) may also be a first name.

Rodriguez Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Span.) genit. of Rodrigo, i.e. Roderick, q.v. in Dict.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Son of Roderick” in Spanish and Portu­guese (Roderigo). See Roderick.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Spanish) Son of Rodrigo (famous, ruler).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Rodríguez meaning 'Son of Rodrigo' is a Spanish patronymic and a common family name surname in Spain and America.

The surname has Visigothic roots and originated in the Kingdom of León (actual Spain) in the 9th century.

The "ez" signifies "son of" and the name Rodrigo is the Spanish form of Roderick, meaning "he who is rich in glory", from the Germanic elements "hrod" (glory, fame) and "ric" (rich, power). It was the name of Roderic, the last Visigothic King before the Muslim conquest, and the subject of many legends.

- gimpee

It means 'the son of Rodrigo'.

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• Average Salary in:United StatesCanadaColombiaEnglandItalyNorthern IrelandNorwayPeruScotlandSouth AfricaUnited StatesWales
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• Religious Adherence in:LebanonLebanonRussiaUkraine
• Political Affiliation in:United StatesUnited States

Rodriguez Demographics

Average Rodriguez Salary inUnited States

$36,384 USD

Per year

Rank: 849,560 of 1,180,305Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:0.218041Rank: 18 of 1,181,369Percentage of national average salary:84.32%Sample size: 511,093 (2014)

Average Salary inUnited States

$43,149 USD

Per year

Per month: $3,596 USDPer week: $799 USDPer day: $118 USD

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Rodriguez Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rodriguez (Russian: Родригуез) occurs more in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Rodríguez, Rodrîguez, Ródriguez, Rodrīguez, Rodrigûez or Ródríguez. Click here for further possible spellings of Rodriguez.

How Common Is The Last Name Rodriguez? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rodriguez is the 57th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 791 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Rodriguez reside; 35 percent reside in North America and 26 percent reside in Hispano-North America. It is also the 60,937th most frequently used first name globally, held by 10,075 people.

Rodriguez is the most numerous surname in 6 countries: Colombia, where 10 percent are found, Cuba, where 6 percent are found, The Dominican Republic, where 3 percent are found, Panama, where 2 percent are found, Costa Rica, where 1 percent are found and Uruguay, where 1 percent are found. The last name is most numerous in Mexico, where it is carried by 2,384,519 people, or 1 in 52. In Mexico Rodriguez is primarily found in: México, where 11 percent are found, Jalisco, where 8 percent are found and Nuevo León, where 8 percent are found. Other than Mexico Rodriguez is found in 200 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 10 percent are found and Colombia, where 10 percent are found.

Rodriguez Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Rodriguez has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rodriguez last name increased 44,350 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 13,771 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rodriguez Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Rodriguez last name is chiefly Orthodox (63%) in Russia, Maronite (35%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Rodriguez are 42.75% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.98% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Rodriguez earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 16.5% less than the national average, earning €25,075 per year; in Norway they earn 11.68% less than the national average, earning 305,672 kr per year; in Peru they earn 1.06% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,591 per year; in South Africa they earn 78.07% more than the national average, earning R 423,156 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.88% more than the national average, earning $23,809,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 15.68% less than the national average, earning $36,384 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.78% less than the national average, earning $46,809 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
Rodríguez	96	44,962	/
Rodrîguez	96	10	/
Ródriguez	96	8	/
Rodrīguez	96	1	/
Rodrigûez	96	1	/
Roddriguez	95	197	/
Rodruiguez	95	171	/
Rrodriguez	95	86	/
Rodriguezz	95	70	/
Roodriguez	95	61	/
Rodrigquez	95	61	/
Rodreiguez	95	59	/
Rodrriguez	95	47	/
Rodriguezs	95	47	/
Rodriguesz	95	41	/
Rodrigueez	95	39	/
Rodrigguez	95	39	/
Roidriguez	95	26	/
Rodrighuez	95	24	/
Rodriguezx	95	16	/
Rhodriguez	95	15	/
Rosdriguez	95	13	/
Rodriqguez	95	13	/
Rodrigueaz	95	11	/
Rodr'iguez	95	10	/
Roudriguez	95	6	/
Rodriguexz	95	6	/
Rodriguezt	95	5	/
Rodroiguez	95	5	/
Rodrigouez	95	4	/
Hrodriguez	95	3	/
Rodrihguez	95	3	/
Rodriĭguez	95	2	/
Rodriguezp	95	1	/
Rodricguez	95	1	/
Rodrigkuez	95	1	/
Rodriguedz	95	1	/
Rodrìiguez	95	1	/
Rodróiguez	95	1	/
Rodriguezç	95	1	/
Rodrijguez	95	1	/
Rodriìguez	95	1	/
Rodrigez	94	4,646	/
Ródríguez	93	2	/
D'Rodriguez	90	11	/
Rodriguezxx	90	1	/
Rodrigkouez	90	1	/
Rodrigues	89	4,469,009	/
Rodriquez	89	40,501	/
Rodreguez	89	631	/
Rodryguez	89	606	/
Rodriguiz	89	469	/
Rodriguea	89	180	/
Rodrýguez	89	167	/
Rodrigiez	89	123	/
Rodriguex	89	81	/
Radriguez	89	56	/
Rodrigvez	89	44	/
Rodruigez	89	39	/
Rodriguer	89	29	/
Rodrigued	89	23	/
Rodriguey	89	22	/
Rodricuez	89	16	/
Rodriegez	89	10	/
Rodrighez	89	10	/
Rodriguee	89	8	/
Rodrigeez	89	6	/
Rodreigez	89	4	/
Rodriguet	89	4	/
Rodriggez	89	2	/
Rodrigwez	89	1	/
Rodrigedz	89	1	/
Rodriguei	89	1	/
Rodrigesz	89	1	/
Rodriqgez	89	1	/
Rodrige	88	59	/
Roddrigues	84	138	/
Rodriguese	84	90	/
Rhodriquez	84	87	/
Rodriguess	84	85	/
Rodruigues	84	71	/
Roodrigues	84	64	/
Rrodrigues	84	48	/
Rodriguees	84	38	/
Rodrrigues	84	37	/
Roudrigues	84	35	/
Rodriggues	84	31	/
Rodreigues	84	30	/
Rodrigueis	84	28	/
Roidrigues	84	21	/
Rodriguesd	84	12	/
Rodrihgues	84	10	/
Rosdrigues	84	10	/
Rodrisgues	84	9	/
Rodriequez	84	8	/
Rodrighues	84	8	/
Rrodríguez	84	8	/
Rodriquiez	84	7	/
Roddriquez	84	6	/
Rodreiquez	84	5	/
Rodroigues	84	5	/
Rodrigueas	84	5	/
Rodrríguez	84	5	/
Roddríguez	84	4	/
Rodrriquez	84	3	/
Rodrigques	84	3	/
Roodríguez	84	3	/
Rodruíguez	84	3	/
Rodríguezz	84	3	/
Roidríguez	84	3	/
Rodriquesz	84	2	/
Rodrizquez	84	2	/
Rodricgues	84	2	/
Rodrigoues	84	2	/
Rodriguise	84	2	/
Rodrigueds	84	2	/
Rodriguesx	84	2	/
Rodreiguiz	84	1	/
Rodrijgvez	84	1	/
Rodriquezs	84	1	/
Rodriquuez	84	1	/
Rodriegiez	84	1	/
Rodrigkues	84	1	/
Rodrikgues	84	1	/
Rodriguesj	84	1	/
Rodriguesċ	84	1	/
Rodregquez	84	1	/
Rosdríguez	84	1	/
Rodriguesh	84	1	/
Rhodrigues	84	0	/
Rodriges	82	3,161	/
Rodregez	82	80	/
Rodrígez	82	30	/
Rodrigiz	82	16	/
Rodrigej	82	13	/
Rodrigui	82	13	/
Rodriger	82	3	/
Rodrigee	82	2	/
Rodriguj	82	1	/
Rodrigéz	82	1	/
Rodrighe	82	1	/
d'Rodrigues	80	1	/
Rodriguaise	80	1	/
Rodriques	78	5,244	/
Rodriguis	78	408	/
Rodregues	78	338	/
Radrigues	78	159	/
Rodreguiz	78	103	/
Rodrequez	78	80	/
Rodrigies	78	65	/
Rodriquiz	78	45	/
Rodríquez	78	29	/
Rodrigves	78	27	/
Rodrighes	78	22	/
Rodrygues	78	20	/
Rodrigess	78	16	/
Rodrikues	78	12	/
Rodricues	78	11	/
Rodregiez	78	6	/
Rodrieges	78	6	/
Rodrígiez	78	6	/
Rodriquec	78	5	/
Radriquez	78	5	/
Rodruiges	78	5	/
Rodríguea	78	3	/
Rodrigvej	78	2	/
Rodrigees	78	2	/
Rodrigesh	78	2	/
Rrodriges	78	2	/
Radreguez	78	1	/
Radriguer	78	1	/
Radriguiz	78	1	/
Roodriges	78	1	/
Rodreiges	78	1	/
Rodrigher	78	1	/
Rodrégues	78	1	/
Rodríguex	78	1	/
Rodrioges	78	1	/
Roudriges	78	1	/
Roudrigui	78	1	/
Rodriguys	78	1	/
Rodrigges	78	0	/
Rodrigj	75	115	/
Rodriga	75	22	/
Rodrequiez	74	5	/
Rodriquges	74	3	/
Rodriquies	74	2	/
Rodriqques	74	1	/
Rodriquese	74	1	/
Rodreguisz	74	1	/
Rodricques	74	1	/
Rodreguess	74	1	/
Roddriguis	74	1	/
Rodriquues	74	1	/
Rodrigis	71	431	/
Radriges	71	359	/
Rodreges	71	36	/
Rodrigaj	71	25	/
Rodregiz	71	11	/
Radrigej	71	2	/
Rodregui	71	1	/
Rodrigês	71	1	/
Rodryges	71	1	/
Rodríges	71	1	/
Rodreques	67	31	/
Rodriquis	67	21	/
Rodrequiz	67	15	/
Rodreguis	67	11	/
Rodregies	67	2	/
Radrigwes	67	1	/
Radriques	67	1	/
Raudriguj	67	1	/
Rodhrigis	67	1	/
Rodrigiss	67	1	/
Rodriqués	67	1	/
Radriguis	67	1	/
Rodrigois	67	1	/
Rodriegis	67	0	/

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Rodriguez Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Rodriguez in the Russian language
Родригуез	rodriguez	-

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Rodriguez Reference & Research

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Footnotes

• Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
• Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
• Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
• Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
• Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
• Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
• Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rodriguez
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