The Alvaro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,250 people carried this name — #21,034 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is up 27% from 983 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 838 people named Alvaro 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 145 people named Alvaro.
66 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Rhône.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
88 people named Alvaro live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alvaro.
- Altobelli 813 · U.S. census
- Altounian 150 · U.S. census
- Alunni 131 · U.S. census
- Alvarado 133,501 · U.S. census
- Alvares 3,789 · U.S. census
- Alvarez 233,983 · U.S. census
- Alves 13,882 · U.S. census
- Alvin 1,122 · U.S. census
- Aly 1,838 · U.S. census
- Amable 141 · U.S. census
- Amadei 139 · U.S. census
- Amadi 728 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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