The Araujo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,856 people carried this name — #1,908 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,600 people counted. That is up 49% from 12,646 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Araujo surname
Borrowed from Spanish Araújo. Probably from arar (“to plough”), hence ploughland.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Araujo» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 29,193 people named Araujo 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
1,508 people named Araujo live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 210 people named Araujo.
Most of them — 116 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 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.
Who carried it
People named Araujo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ceferino Araujo 1824–1897 · painter -
Joaquín Araujo 1851–1894 · engraver -
Ernesto Araujo Álvarez 1872–1944 · jurist -
Abraham Araujo 1872–1951 · politician -
Arturo Araujo 1878–1967 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 140 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Araujo.
- Aramini 188 · U.S. census
- Aran 300 · U.S. census
- Arana 10,698 · U.S. census
- Aranda 19,298 · U.S. census
- Aras 269 · U.S. census
- Arata 1,395 · U.S. census
- Arban 187 · U.S. census
- Arbeit 119 · U.S. census
- Arbogast 5,625 · U.S. census
- Arbon 305 · U.S. census
- Arbona 264 · U.S. census
- Arbore 191 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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