The Alvarado surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 93,723 people carried this name — #294 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,880 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
226 people named Alvarado live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Alvarado.
Most of them — 38 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Yvelines.
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
Alvarado in American newspapers,
1905–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 62,885 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Alvarado,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pedro de Alvarado 1485–1541 · conquistador -
Francisco Alvarado 1756–1814 · writer -
Rudecindo Alvarado 1792–1872 · military personnel -
Juan Bautista Alvarado 1809–1882 · politician -
Juan Alvarado y del Saz 1856–1923 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 217 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alvarado.
- Altmann 1,065 · U.S. census
- Altmayer 155 · U.S. census
- Altmeyer 533 · U.S. census
- Altobelli 763 · U.S. census
- Altounian 140 · U.S. census
- Alunni 131 · U.S. census
- Alvares 3,687 · U.S. census
- Alvarez 168,817 · U.S. census
- Alvaro 983 · U.S. census
- Alves 11,326 · U.S. census
- Alvin 1,044 · U.S. census
- Aly 1,278 · U.S. census
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