The Altamirano surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,296 people carried this name — #2,915 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,000 people counted. That is up 50% from 8,200 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 48,458 people named Altamirano 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 15,115
Córdoba 9,652
Santa Fe 5,026
Entre Ríos 2,802
Corrientes 2,316
Chaco 1,930
Mendoza 1,830
City of Buenos Aires 1,426

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

49 people named Altamirano live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 17
Zurich 10
Basel-Stadt 6
Geneva 6
St. Gallen 4
Aargau 3
Ticino 3

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 the Nordic population registers

34 people named Altamirano is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 34

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

Altamirano in American newspapers,
1906–1924.

Newspaper page from Las Vegas Times carrying the name Altamirano
Las Vegas Times 1906-06-23
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Altamirano
Evening Star 1924-09-16
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Altamirano
Evening Star 1924-09-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,023 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Altamirano,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano
    Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano 1565–1615 · Catholic priest
  • Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
    Ignacio Manuel Altamirano 1834–1893 · writer
  • Eulogio Altamirano Aracena
    Eulogio Altamirano Aracena 1835–1903 · politician
  • Fernando Altamirano
    Fernando Altamirano 1848–1908 · naturalist
  • Luis Altamirano
    Luis Altamirano 1867–1938 · politician
  • Elvin Alfonso Altamirano Monje d. 1973 · farmer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Altamirano,
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 States269 records

269 records of the Altamirano name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 225
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 24
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 17
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Monico Altamirano

    Born 1921 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Dallas; aircraft worker from Dallas County. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1960, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Ramon C. Altamirano

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1934, died 1995; buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Sista Altamirano

    Born 1890 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 269 records for Altamirano 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Altamirano name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Martha Dalia Altamirano

    Born 1958 in Mexico; died 2000 in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

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