Carvajal surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Carvajal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,883 people carried this name — #3,999 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,200 people counted. That is up 39% from 6,411 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 4,436 people named Carvajal 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,568
City of Buenos Aires 784
Mendoza 388
Córdoba 304
Jujuy 216
Salta 213
San Juan 191
Río Negro 180

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

101 people named Carvajal 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

Vaud 27
Geneva 19
Zurich 14
Bern 10
Aargau 8
Basel-Stadt 8
Lucerne 5
Basel-Landschaft 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Carvajal.

Most of them — 30 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 30
Bouches-du-Rhône 9
Hauts-de-Seine 7
Hérault 3
Haute-Garonne 2
Paris 2
Lot 1
Corrèze 1
Seine-Saint-Denis 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Carvajal is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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