Alonso surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Alonso surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 20,802 people carried this name — #1,581 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,902 people named Alonso.

814 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 départements, most often Paris.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 814
Paris 113
Gironde 111
Hauts-de-Seine 108
Rhône 80
Bouches-du-Rhône 43
Hérault 41
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 38
Isère 33

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

814 people named Alonso live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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Where they live today

Zurich 181
Geneva 153
Vaud 119
Bern 76
Aargau 37
Valais 35
Fribourg 29
Basel-Landschaft 27

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Alonso in American newspapers,
1880–1962.

Newspaper page from Der Nordstern carrying the name Alonso
Der Nordstern 1880-02-12
Newspaper page from The Princeton Union carrying the name Alonso
The Princeton Union 1892-07-14
Newspaper page from The Brunswick News carrying the name Alonso
The Brunswick News 1922-07-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 47,155 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Alonso,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nicholas Bobadilla
    Nicholas Bobadilla 1509–1590 · diplomat
  • Alvaro Alonso Barba
    Alvaro Alonso Barba 1569–1661 · engineer
  • Juan Bautista Alonso
    Juan Bautista Alonso 1801–1879 · lawyer
  • Manuel Alonso Martínez
    Manuel Alonso Martínez 1827–1891 · politician
  • Antonio Alonso Santodomingo
    Antonio Alonso Santodomingo 1844–1917 · businessperson

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 181 lives in all are documented under this name.

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