__NOTOC__ Domínguez ( in

Peninsular Spanish Peninsular Spanish ( es, español peninsular) (also known as the Spanish of Spain ( es, español de España, links=no), European Spanish ( es, español europeo, links=no), Iberian Spanish ( es, español ibérico, links=no) or Spanish Spanish ( es ...

or elsewhere) is a name of

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

origin, meaning ''son of Domingo''. The surname is usually written without the accent in the Philippines and the United States.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 40.7% of all known bearers of the surname ''Domínguez'' were residents of

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

(frequency 1:242), 12.8% of

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

(1:288), 8.5% of

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

(1:396), 7.7% of the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

(1:3,721), 4.3% of

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

(1:212), 3.2% of

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

(1:1,186), 3.0% of

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

(1:831), 2.6% of

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

(1:904), 2.6% of

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

(1:265), 2.4% of

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

(1:241), 2.0% of the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

(1:412), 2.0% of the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

(1:4,049), 1.5% of

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

(1:214), 1.2% of

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

(1:1,028), 1.0% of

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

(1:1,243) and 1.0% of

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

(1:500). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:288) in the following autonomous communities: * 1.

Extremadura Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, it ...

(1:131) * 2. Galicia (1:136) * 3.

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

(1:172) * 4.

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

(1:179) * 5.

Castile and León Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...

(1:222) * 6.

Ceuta Ceuta (, , ; ar, سَبْتَة, Sabtah) is a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa. Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of several Spanish territorie ...

(1:284) In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:212) in the following provinces:Domínguez surname distribution
/ref> * 1.

Sancti Spíritus Province Sancti Spíritus () is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is the identically named Sancti Spíritus. Another major city is Trinidad. Geography The southern coast of the province is flat, but the western portion of Sancti Spíritus provinc ...

(1:122) * 2.

Matanzas Province Matanzas () is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns in the province include Cárdenas, Colón, Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas. The resort town of Varadero is also located in this province. Among Cuban provinces, ...

(1:133) * 3.

Artemisa Province Artemisa Province is one of the two new provinces created from the former La Habana Province, whose creation was approved by the Cuban National Assembly on August 1, 2010, the other being Mayabeque Province. The new provinces came into existence ...

(1:155) * 4.

Holguín Province Holguín () is one of the provinces of Cuba, the third most populous after Havana and Santiago de Cuba. It lies in the southeast of the country. Its major cities include Holguín (the capital), Banes, Antilla, Mayarí, and Moa. The province ha ...

(1:156) * 5.

Pinar del Río Province Pinar del Río is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is at the western end of the island of Cuba. Geography The Pinar del Río province is Cuba's westernmost province and contains one of Cuba's three main mountain ranges, the Cordillera de Guanig ...

(1:194)

People

Adolfo Domínguez Adolfo Domínguez Fernández (, born on 14 May, 1950) is a Spanish fashion designer. In 2014, he won the National Designer Prize. Dominguez studied Philosophy and Arts, specialising in Art at Santiago University. Fashion business He took over ...

(born 1950), Spanish fashion designer *

Alberto González Domínguez Alberto González Domínguez (11 April 1904 in Buenos Aires – 14 September 1982 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine mathematician working on analysis, probability theory and quantum field theory. González Domínguez received his Ph.D. from the ...

, Argentine mathematician *

Alejandro Damián Domínguez Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander (Czech, Polish), Alexandre ( French), Alexandros (Greek), Alsander (Irish), Alessandro (Italian), Aleksandr (Rus ...

(born 1981), Argentine football player *

Alejandro Domínguez Coello Alejandro Domínguez Coello (1950 – June 8, 2005) was a Mexican police officer who was, for a short time, the chief of police in Nuevo Laredo, a city on the Mexican side of the United States–Mexico border. He had volunteered for the job, which ...

(died 2005), former chief of police in

Nuevo Laredo Nuevo Laredo () is a city in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The city lies on the banks of the Rio Grande, across from Laredo, United States. The 2010 census population of the city was 373,725. Nuevo Lare ...

, Mexico who was assassinated in 2005 * Albino Núñez Domínguez (1901–74), Galician writer and poet * Alberto Domínguez (1913-1975), Mexican songwriter *

Alfonso Martínez Domínguez Alfonso Martínez Domínguez (January 7, 1922 – November 6, 2002) was a Mexican governor of Nuevo León from 1979 to 1985. Personal life Son of physician Alfonso Martinez de la Garza and Margarita Rafaela Dominguez Samaniego; grandson of ...

(1922–2002), Mexican politician, mayor of Mexico City, 1970–71 * Álvaro Domínguez (disambiguation) * Carlos Dominguez (disambiguation), multiple people *

Clemente Domínguez y Gómez Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (23 May 1946 – 22 March 2005) was a self-proclaimed successor of Pope Paul VI and was recognised as Pope Gregory XVII by supporters of the Palmarian Christian Church schismatic breakaway movement in 1978. His cla ...

(1946–2005), Spanish churchman, pope of the Palmarian Catholic Church * Cinthya Domínguez (born 1982), Mexican weightlifter *

Delia Domínguez Delia Domínguez Mohr (11 August 1931 – 7 November 2022) was a Chilean poet, a member of her country's literary Generation of '50. Biography A descendant of German settlers, Delia Domínguez lost her mother when she was five years old; Amali ...

(born 1931), Chilean poet *

Diego Domínguez (disambiguation) Diego Domínguez may refer to: * Diego Domínguez (rugby union) (born 1966), Argentine rugby union player for Argentina and Italy * Diego Domínguez (rally driver) (born 1972), rally driver from Paraguay * Diego Domínguez (actor) Diego Domín ...

* Federico Hernán Domínguez (born 1976), Argentine football player *

Francisco Atanasio Domínguez Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

(18th century), Franciscan missionary and explorer in North America *

Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre Francisco Serrano Domínguez Cuenca y Pérez de Vargas, 1st Duke of la Torre, Grandee of Spain, Count of San Antonio (17 December 1810 – 25 November 1885) was a Spanish marshal and statesman. He was Prime Minister of Spain in 1868–69 ...

(1810–1885), Spanish marshal and statesman * Jasson Domínguez (born 2003), Dominican Republic professional baseball player *

Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez María Josefa Crescencia Ortiz Téllez–Girón, popularly known as Doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez or ''La Corregidora'' (8 September 1768 – 2 March 1829) was an insurgent and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence, which fought ...

(1768–1829), Mexican conspirator *

José Dominguez José Manuel Martins Dominguez (born 16 February 1974) is a Portuguese former association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger, and later became a manager (association football), manager. A diminutive pl ...

, Portuguese football player * Juan Dominguez y Valdez, Texan governor *

Juanjo Domínguez Juanjo Domínguez (October 23, 1951 – February 10, 2019) was an Argentinian classical guitarist and important interpreter of Argentine music, especially tango. In 2005, he was awarded the Konex Award Konex Foundation Awards, or simply Konex A ...

(contemporary), Argentine classical guitarist *

Leinier Domínguez Leinier Domínguez Pérez (born September 23, 1983) is a Cuban and American chess grandmaster. A five-time Cuban champion, Domínguez was the world champion in blitz chess in 2008. He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2002 and 2 ...

(born 1983), Cuban chess grandmaster *

Lourdes Domínguez Lino Lourdes Domínguez Lino (; born 31 March 1981) is a retired tennis player from Spain. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 40 in singles and 45 in doubles. Tennis career In the 1999 Roland Garros, she won the junior girls' singles, de ...

(born 1981), Spanish tennis player *

Mario Domínguez Mario Domínguez (born December 1, 1975, in Mexico City) is a Mexican racing driver. He has competed in the CART and CCWS Champ Car series and later the IndyCar Series. Early career Domínguez first began racing in 1987 driving go-karts. He w ...

(born 1975), Mexican Champ Car racing driver *

Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta (born 3 November 1975) is a Spanish former runner and politician. She competes mainly in the steeplechase. She has represented Spain four times at the Olympics and has competed at the World Championships on six occasio ...

(born 1975), Spanish track athlete in the 3000-meter and 5000-meter events *

Matt Dominguez Matt Pilar Dominguez (born June 27, 1978) is a former gridiron football wide receiver. He was originally signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2002. He played college football at Sam Houston State. Dominguez was also a me ...

(born 1978), American football player in the Canadian Football League *

Manuel Dominguez Don Manuel Domínguez (1803–1882) was a Californio ranchero, politician, and a signer of the Californian Constitution in 1849. He served as two terms as Alcalde of Los Angeles (mayor). He was one of the largest landowners in Southern Californi ...

(born 1803) Early-California ranchero holder and politician *

Miguel Domínguez José Miguel Domínguez Alemán (January 14, 1756 most likely in Mexico City – April 22, 1830 in Mexico City) was a New Spanish colonial official in New Spain who played a part in the Mexican independence movement. He was also a member of a tr ...

(1756–1830), Mexican official; ''corregidor'' of

Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...

Michael L. Dominguez Michael Luis Dominguez (born September 4, 1953 in Austin, Texas) retired as the Principal United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness within the United States Department of Defense. ...

, U.S. Department of Defense official *

Nuria Domínguez Nuria Domínguez Asensio (born 30 January 1974 in Toronto, Ontario) is a female competition rower from Spain, who was born in Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlan ...

(born 1974), Spanish rower *

Oralia Domínguez Oralia Dominguez (25 October 1925 in San Luis Potosí, Mexico – 25 November 2013 in Milan, Italy) was a Mexican operatic mezzo soprano who performed at many of the world's leading opera houses. She was born in the city of San Luis Potosí in ...

(born 1925), Mexican mezzo-soprano *

Óscar Domínguez Óscar M. Domínguez (3 January 1906 – 31 December 1957) was a Spanish surrealist painter. Biography Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna on the island of Tenerife, on the Canary Islands Spain, Domínguez spent his youth with his grandmother ...

(1906–1957), Spanish surrealist painter *

Ramón A. Domínguez Ramón or Ramon may refer to: People Given name * Ramon (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer * Ramón (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian footballer *Ramón (singer), Spanish singer who represented Spain in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest ...

(born 1976), Venezuelan jockey, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee (2016) *

Raúl Domínguez Raúl Domínguez may refer to: * Raúl Domínguez Rex (born 1970), Mexican politician * Raúl Domínguez (cyclist) (born 1972), Cuban retired cyclist * Raúl Domínguez (footballer) (born 1986), Spanish footballer {{hndis, Domínguez, Raúl ...

(born 1972), Cuban track cyclist *

Ricardo Dominguez Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name *Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portugue ...

, American professor and electronic activist *

Richard Dominguez Richard Dominguez (born Eufrancio Ricardo Dominguez September 22, 1960 in Dallas, Texas) is an American Comic book creator, comic book artist and freelance storyboard illustrator. Best known for creating the popular series ''El Gato Negro (comic bo ...

(born 1960), American comic book artist and illustrator *

Ron Dominguez Ron Dominguez (August 10, 1935 – January 1, 2021) was an American businessman who served as vice-president of Disneyland from 1974 until 1990, and of Walt Disney Attractions from 1990 until his retirement in 1994. He and his family lived on the ...

(contemporary), former vice-president of Walt Disney Attractions *

Rubén Domínguez Rubén Domínguez may refer to: * Rubén Domínguez (tenor) (1935-2015), Venezuelan tenor * Rubén Domínguez (footballer) (born 1987), Spanish football manager and former footballer * Rubén Domínguez (basketball) (born 2003), Spanish basketb ...

(1929-2010), Venezuelan tenor *

Sally Dominguez Early life and education Sally Dominguez was born in Australia on 24 October 1969. She attended the Sydney Church of England Grammar School – an all girls preparatory school located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – from 1978 to 198 ...

(born 1969), Australian inventor *

Seranthony Domínguez Seranthony Ambioris Domínguez Taveras (born November 25, 1994) is a People of the Dominican Republic, Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He signed with the Phillies as an interna ...

(born 1994), Dominican major league baseball pitcher *

Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff Sophia Julieta Dominguez-Heithoff (born March 13, 2000) is an American model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2017. She is the second entrant from Missouri to win the title after Marissa Whitley won Miss Teen USA 2001. ...

(born 2000), American model and beauty pageant titleholder *

Wade Dominguez Wade Dominguez (May 10, 1966 – August 26, 1998) was an American actor, model, singer, and dancer best known for his portrayal as Emilio Ramírez in ''Dangerous Minds''. Death Dominguez died at the age of 32. He had previously been diagnose ...

(1966–1998) American actor, model and singer *

Yulieth Domínguez Yulieth Paola Domínguez Ochoa (born 6 September 1993) is a Colombian football defender who plays for the Colombia women's national football team. She represented Colombia at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2012 Summer Olympics. At the cl ...

, Colombian footballer

Fictional character

Kristen Forrester Dominguez The Forrester family is a family in the CBS Daytime soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. The Forresters own and run the Los Angeles-based fashion house Forrester Creations. This is a list of all known members of the Forrester family, both p ...

, fictional character in the American soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful''

References

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