Rodrigües

surname · Latin script

Rodrigües is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country, where it is the 15th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Portuguese Rodrigues (“son of Rodrigo”). Also from Spanish Rodrigues, variant spelling of Rodríguez.

rarermore common
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 78(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil≈1 in 212
  • FRFrance≈1 in 1.9K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,000,000 people, est.

#230 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

Sources
397 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 78 (inferred from the name graph)

Portugal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Rodrigues in BR Brazil, US United States, PT Portugal and 1 more and Rodriguês in AO Angola.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Rodrigües: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Rodrigües
  1. PortugueseRodrigues“son of Rodrigo”(measured from records)
  2. SpanishRodrigues(measured from records)

From Portuguese Rodrigues (“son of Rodrigo”). Also from Spanish Rodrigues, variant spelling of Rodríguez.

Sources 3

  • Wiktionary
  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rodrigües counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Rodrigües is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil#15≈1,000,000 est.≈1 in 2124KRodrigues289
PT Portugal#7≈130,000 est.≈1 in 78—Rodrigues253
AO Angola—≈49,000 est.≈1 in 6582Rodriguês63
FR France—≈35,000 est.≈1 in 1.9K4.2KRodrigues11
US United States—31,2801 in 11K31KRodrigues397
GW Guinea-Bissau—≈2,300 est.≈1 in 82116K—14
GY Guyana—1,7731 in 4231.8K——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; A comprehensive look at the most common surnames in Guinea-Bissau, compiled by the Instituto Nacional de Estatística de; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Rodrigües under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rodrigües mean, and where does it come from?
From Portuguese Rodrigues (“son of Rodrigo”). Also from Spanish Rodrigues, variant spelling of Rodríguez. Recorded by Wiktionary and Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos and 1 other source.
In which country does Rodrigües have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 998 thousand people named Rodrigües in Brazil, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rodrigues.
How common is the name Rodrigües?
In the United States, the national register counted 31,280 people named Rodrigües in 2010, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
How common is Rodrigües compared with other names?
In Brazil, Rodrigües is the 15th most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rodrigües” — the 15th most common surname in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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