The Berrocal surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 650 people carried this name — #34,758 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 39% from 467 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Berrocal surname
Borrowed from Spanish Berrocal, a habitational surname from the city of Berrocal in Andalusia. This surname is mostly found in Peru.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Berrocal» (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 655 people named Berrocal 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 51 people named Berrocal.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Aude.
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
46 people named Berrocal live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.
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.
Who carried it
People named Berrocal,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ricardo Martinelli 1952– · politician -
Ricardo Martinelli 1952– · politician
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José Dolores Berrocal Herrera d. 2007
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Adriana Berrocal 1901– · engineer
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Cholo Berrocal 1937–1984 · composer
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Fernando Berrocal Soto 1945– · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Berrocal.
- Berretta 351 · U.S. census
- Berri 221 · U.S. census
- Berrie 392 · U.S. census
- Berrier 2,547 · U.S. census
- Berring 103 · U.S. census
- Berro 432 · U.S. census
- Berron 139 · U.S. census
- Berrouet 191 · U.S. census
- Berry 132,812 · U.S. census
- Bersano 204 · U.S. census
- Berson 866 · U.S. census
- Berst 299 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Berrocal is.
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