The Acevedo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 51,351 people carried this name — #665 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,740 people counted. That is up 34% from 38,232 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Acevedo surname
From Old Galician-Portuguese *azevedo (“a place with an abundance of hollies”), from Old Galician-Portuguese *azevo (“holly”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Acevedo» (English) and «Azevedo» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 63,787 people named Acevedo live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
159 people named Acevedo live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 30 people named Acevedo.
Most of them — 21 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Gironde.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
70 people named Acevedo is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Acevedo in American newspapers,
1850–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,904 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Acevedo in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1950s.
38 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Acevedo. The most, 17, date from the 1950s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Acevedo.
Who carried it
People named Acevedo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hortensia Acevedo d. 2000 · writer
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Juan Hernández Acevedo d. 1894 · composer
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Germán Acevedo Fariña d. 1977 · merchant
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José Guillermo Acevedo Moreno d. 1973 · merchant
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Eduardo Bernabe Acevedo Cisternas d. 1986 · fisher
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Ricardo Acevedo Fullós d. 1890 · journalist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Acevedo,
in the records of 3 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States1,059 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 569
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 220
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 180
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 68
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Salvador AcevedoBorn 1930; from Virgin Islands. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1953 in North Korea. Buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Hugh A. AcevedoBorn 1917 in California. Enlisted 1941 at Los Angeles; warehouseman from Los Angeles County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1973, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Rafael AcevedoArrived at New York in 1848 aboard the Thomas Dallett, aged 48; merchant. From Venezuela.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 1,059 records for Acevedo in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
France7 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jacinto AcevedoBorn 1922 in Spain; died 1995 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Francisco Javier AcevedoBorn 1964 in Paris; died 1992 in Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jean Pierre AcevedoBorn 1949 in the United States; died 1995 in the United Kingdom.
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 7 records for Acevedo in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Australia1 record
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Carlos Arturo AcevedoWelder of Sale, Victoria; died 1987.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Acevedo.
- Abt 1,388 · U.S. census
- Acar 265 · U.S. census
- Accardi 1,586 · U.S. census
- Accardo 1,228 · U.S. census
- Accorsi 153 · U.S. census
- Acedo 1,236 · U.S. census
- Aceves 9,854 · U.S. census
- Ach 215 · U.S. census
- Ache 216 · U.S. census
- Acher 105 · U.S. census
- Achille 719 · U.S. census
- Achilli 133 · U.S. census
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