The Aparicio surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,437 people carried this name — #2,680 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,900 people counted. That is up 56% from 8,587 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 14,789 people named Aparicio 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 Salta.
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 332 people named Aparicio.
139 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
145 people named Aparicio 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.
In the Nordic population registers
24 people named Aparicio is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Aparicio in American newspapers,
1851–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,818 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Aparicio,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sebastian de Aparicio 1502–1600 · lay brother -
José Aparicio 1770–1838 · painter -
Timoteo Aparicio 1814–1882 · politician -
Cástulo Aparicio 1845–1917 · politician -
Francisco Aparicio y Ruiz 1852–1936 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 180 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Aparicio.
- Antony 1,512 · U.S. census
- Antunes 1,770 · U.S. census
- Antz 102 · U.S. census
- Anzalone 3,591 · U.S. census
- Anziani 252 · U.S. census
- Aoun 783 · U.S. census
- Apel 1,919 · U.S. census
- Apffel 107 · U.S. census
- Apicella 998 · U.S. census
- Appel 7,938 · U.S. census
- Appenzeller 614 · U.S. census
- Appert 199 · U.S. census
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