The Anaya surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 24,017 people carried this name — #1,488 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,300 people counted. That is up 38% from 17,405 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,727 people named Anaya 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 70 people named Anaya.
Most of them — 36 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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
27 people named Anaya live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In print
Anaya in American newspapers,
1874–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,362 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Anaya,
with a public archive behind them.
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Diego de Anaya Maldonado 1357–1437 · Latin Catholic priest -
Carlos Anaya 1777–1862 · writer -
Ramón Anaya 1893–1964 · industrialist -
Ignacio Anaya García 1897–1975 · chef -
Ana María 1929–1983 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 54 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Anaya.
- Amstutz 2,412 · U.S. census
- Amy 2,045 · U.S. census
- Amyot 289 · U.S. census
- Anani 251 · U.S. census
- Anastasi 1,400 · U.S. census
- Anastasio 1,721 · U.S. census
- Ancel 355 · U.S. census
- Ancelet 356 · U.S. census
- Ancona 1,567 · U.S. census
- Andersen 36,150 · U.S. census
- Anderson 784,404 · U.S. census
- Andersson 1,372 · U.S. census
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