The Alejandro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,770 people carried this name — #4,563 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,000 people counted. That is up 33% from 5,847 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,288 people named Alejandro 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 48 people named Alejandro.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 print
Alejandro in American newspapers,
1904–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 222 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Alejandro in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1980s.
432 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Alejandro. The most, 304, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.7 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Alejandro.
Who carried it
People named Alejandro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hajji Alejandro 1954–2025 · actor -
José Alejandro y Álvarez 1813–1850 · architect
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Leandro Alejandro 1960–1987 · student
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Robert Alejandro 1963–2024 · television presenter
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Alejandro,
in the records of 2 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 States302 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 199
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 39
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Teodoro AlejandroBorn 1914 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; stock clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Jesse AlejandroU.S. Army veteran. Born 1954, died 1999; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Antonio AlejandroArrived at New York in 1912 aboard the Oceania from Genoa and Naples, aged 12. From Roscifico, Salerno, Italy; bound for Brooklyn.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 302 records for Alejandro in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (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 Miguel AlejandroBorn 1909 in Spain; died 1997 in Langres (Haute-Marne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Odette Marcelle Caroline AlejandroBorn 1913 in Algeria; died 2000 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Denis Marcel Gabriel AlejandroBorn 1951 in Algeria; died 2000 in Pierre-Bénite (Rhône).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 7 records for Alejandro 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alejandro.
- Alderman 10,119 · U.S. census
- Alderson 6,130 · U.S. census
- Aldrich 17,509 · U.S. census
- Aldridge 23,034 · U.S. census
- Aledo 138 · U.S. census
- Alegre 2,022 · U.S. census
- Aleksic 255 · U.S. census
- Alem 343 · U.S. census
- Aleman 22,927 · U.S. census
- Alemany 612 · U.S. census
- Aleo 314 · U.S. census
- Ales 623 · U.S. census
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