When J. Miguel Rodriguez Avilez was born on 6 July 1909, in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, his father, Eciquio Rodriguez, was 25 and his mother, Alejandra Avilez, was 24. He died in 1978, in his hometown, at the age of 69.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Luis, Carlos, Jesus, Francisco, Jorge, Pedro, Raul, Miguel, Roberto, Ramon, Rafael. Portuguese Wenceslao, Ligia, Catarina, Paulo, Joaquim, Omero, Joao, Wenseslao, Adauto, Albeiro, Godofredo.
Spanish (Rodríguez) and Portuguese: patronymic from the personal name Rodrigo . Rodriguez (including in the sense 2 below) is the ninth most frequent surname in the US. Compare De Rodriguez and Rodriquez .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Iberian surname (see above) at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.
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