The Ceballos surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,515 people carried this name — #2,350 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,000 people counted. That is up 40% from 11,088 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Ceballos surname

Borrowed from Spanish Ceballos. This surname is predominantly found in Colombia and Mexico.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ceballos» (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 33,504 people named Ceballos 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 12,483
Buenos Aires Province 7,284
Santa Fe 2,623
Salta 1,509
Mendoza 1,089
City of Buenos Aires 1,013
Entre Ríos 910
La Rioja 905

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

72 people named Ceballos live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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

Zurich 18
Vaud 16
Geneva 14
Bern 9
Basel-Stadt 8
Aargau 4
Zug 3

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 37 people named Ceballos.

Most of them — 24 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Puy-de-Dôme 4
Paris 4
Bouches-du-Rhône 1
Lot-et-Garonne 1
Pyrénées-Orientales 1
Yvelines 1
Tarn 1

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

In print

Ceballos in American newspapers,
1889–1906.

Newspaper page from Pittsburg Dispatch carrying the name Ceballos
Pittsburg Dispatch 1889-12-29
Newspaper page from Smyrna Times carrying the name Ceballos
Smyrna Times 1891-02-11
Newspaper page from The Madison Daily Leader carrying the name Ceballos
The Madison Daily Leader 1906-10-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,364 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Ceballos,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Agustín Rubin de Ceballos
    Agustín Rubin de Ceballos 1724–1793 · Catholic priest
  • Francisco de Paula Ceballos y Vargas
    Francisco de Paula Ceballos y Vargas 1814–1883 · military personnel
  • Irene de Ceballos
    Irene de Ceballos 1849–1935 · philanthropist
  • Luis Ceballos y Fernández de Córdoba
    Luis Ceballos y Fernández de Córdoba 1896–1967 · botanist
  • Isabel de Ceballos-Escalera
    Isabel de Ceballos-Escalera 1919–1990 · curator

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Agustín Rubin de Ceballos: Eleldanense, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); Luis Ceballos y Fernández de Córdoba: Ignnaccio, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Isabel de Ceballos-Escalera: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 85 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ceballos,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States342 records

342 records of the Ceballos name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 284
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 28
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 14
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John Ceballos

    Born 1917 in Mexico. Enlisted 1941 at San Francisco, California; pattern maker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at St Joseph's Cemetery, San Pablo, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jose A. Ceballos

    Born 1907; from Ulster County, New York. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Acha Y. Ceballos

    Arrived at New York in 1866 aboard the Saint Laurent from Havre, aged 25; proprietor. From Spain.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 342 records for Ceballos in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France10 records

10 records of the Ceballos name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jesus Ceballos

    Born 1924 in Spain; died 1993 in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Amada Ceballos

    Born 1918 in Spain; died 1997 in Châteaubriant (Loire-Atlantique).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jacques Louis Alfred Ceballos

    Born 1954 in Clermont-Ferrand; died 2000 in Beaumont (Puy-de-Dôme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Ceballos in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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