Rodriguez Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms (2024)

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The prestigious surname Rodriguez originated in Spain, a country which has figured prominently in world affairs for hundreds of years. The name is patronymic in origin, deriving from the name of the father of the initial bearer, and its roots can be traced back to the Visigoths, the Germanic tribe who ruled Spain between the mid-5th and early 8th centuries. Rodriguez is derived from the Germanic personal name "Hrodric," which is composed of the elements "hrod," meaning "renown," and "ric," meaning "power." Thus, the name Rodriguez combines this personal name with the patronymic suffix "-ez," and refers to "a famous ruler."

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Early Origins of the Rodriguez family

The surname Rodriguez was first found in Castile, where the name originated in Visigothic times.

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Early History of the Rodriguez family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rodriguez research. Another 151 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1194, 1199, 1228, 1300, 1380, 1410, 1440 and 1581 are included under the topic Early Rodriguez History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

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Rodriguez Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rodríguez, Rodriguez, Rhodriquez, Rhodriguez, Rodriz, Rodríguiz, Rodriguiz, Rodrigo, Roderiz, Ruderiz, Roiz and many more.

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Early Notables of the Rodriguez family

Prominent among members of the family were Pedro Ruiz de Guzmán, majordomo of King Alfonso IX in 1194; Gonzalo Ruiz, who took over the same post in 1199; Rodrigo Rodríguez, Count of Castile in 1228; Gonzalo Ruiz de Cieza, a fourteenth century nobleman; Gonzalo Ruiz de Toledo, Count of Orgaz and Chancellor of Castile in the early 1300s; Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita and author of the medieval Spanish masterpiece, "Libro de buen amor"; Gonzalo Rodríguez, poet and...
Another 78 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Rodriguez Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Rodriguez World Ranking

In Canada, the name Rodriguez is the 798th most popular surname with an estimated 6,731 people with that name. 1 However, in Quebec, Canada, the name Rodriguez is ranked the 575th most popular surname. 2 And in the United States, the name Rodriguez is the 22nd popular surname with an estimated 569,523 people with that name. 3 France ranks Rodriguez as 102nd with 28,759 people. 4 South America ranks Rodriguez as 2nd with 483 people. 5

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Rodriguez migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 6

Rodriguez Settlers in West Indies in the 16th Century
  • Juan Rodríguez, who landed in Cuba in 1563
Rodriguez Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century
  • Aparicio Rodriguez, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1836 7
Rodriguez migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rodriguez Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Pierre Rodriguez married in Deschambault, Quebec in 1749
Rodriguez migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rodriguez Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Juan Rodríguez Serrano voyaged with Magellan as far as the Philippines, and commanded the fleet after Magellan's death in 1521
  • Vicente Rodríguez, who immigrated to Peru in 1560
  • Beatriz Rodríguez, settled in Puerto Rico in 1560
  • Sebastian Rodríguez, settled in Colombia in 1561
  • Pedro Rodríguez, who landed in Florida in 1563
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Rodriguez Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Cipriano Rodriguez, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1802 7
  • Cristobal Rodriguez, who arrived in America in 1812 7
  • Catalina Rodriguez, who arrived in America in 1817 7
  • Fernando Rodriguez, who landed in America in 1817 7
  • Alexandro Rodriguez, aged 32, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1825 7
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Rodriguez Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Celestino Rodriguez, who arrived in Alabama in 1919 7
Contemporary Notables of the name Rodriguez (post 1700) +
  • Juan Antonio "Chi Chi" Rodriguez (1935-2024), Puerto Rican professional golfer, the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame; during his career he had 37 professional wins
  • Leocadio Marín Rodríguez (1942-2024), Spanish schoolteacher and politician, Member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he served as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Andalusia from 1990 to 1993, Mayor of Baeza from 2007 to 2015
  • José Antonio Sacristán Rodríguez (1937-2024), Spanish politician, Senator of the People's Party in the fourth and eighth legislatures
  • José Antonio Sacristán Rodríguez (1937-2024), Spanish politician, senator (1989-1993, 2004-2008)
  • Enrique Rodríguez Cal (1951-2022), Spanish bronze medalist boxer at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  • María Paloma Rodríguez Vázquez (1956-2022), Spanish politician who served as a member of the Congress of Deputies between 2012 and 2015 for the Socialists' Party of Galicia
  • Aurita Rodríguez Barros (1929-2021), Spanish road racing cyclist, cycling champion of Galicia in the 1940s
  • Consuelo de Fátima Rodríguez Píriz (1960-2021), Spanish politician from the conservative People's Party
  • Antonino Fernández Rodríguez (1917-2016), Spanish businessman, former chairman of Grupo Modelo
  • Javier Echevarría Rodríguez (1932-2016), Spanish bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, head of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (since 1994)
  • ... (Another 117 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Historic Events for the Rodriguez family +
RMS Titanic
  • Mr. Servando José Florentino Ovies y Rodriguez (d. 1912), aged 36, Cubian First Class passenger from Havana, Cuba who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking and was recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett 8
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Suggested Readings for the name Rodriguez +
  • Our Rodriguez Family: Descendants of Manuel Rodriguez and Isabel Ortega Alvarez of Spain by B.M. Rodriguez.
Citations +
  1. "Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
  2. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
  3. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  4. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  5. "List of most common surnames in South America." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_common_surnames_in_South_America
  6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
  7. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  8. Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html

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