The Cedeno surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,412 people carried this name — #3,763 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,300 people counted. That is up 34% from 7,014 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 889 people named Cedeno 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 City of Buenos Aires.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 449
Buenos Aires Province 284
Mendoza 34
Córdoba 24
La Pampa 22
Neuquén 20
Santa Fe 17
Río Negro 15

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

104 people named Cedeno live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 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 36
Vaud 20
Geneva 10
Basel-Stadt 7
Fribourg 6
Neuchâtel 5
Lucerne 5
Aargau 5

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 print

Cedeno in American newspapers,
1901–1931.

Newspaper page from The Jennings Daily Record carrying the name Cedeno
The Jennings Daily Record 1901-12-26
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Cedeno
La Prensa 1921-07-23
Newspaper page from La OpinióN carrying the name Cedeno
La OpinióN 1931-09-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 725 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Cedeno,
in the records of the United States.

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 States132 records

132 records of the Cedeno name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 76
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 28
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 17
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Americo G. Cedeno

    Born 1917. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Dix, New Jersey; textile mill worker from Kings County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1951, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Martin Louis Cedeno

    Born 1926; from San Francisco, California. U.S. Navy; died in an accident 1952 in Korea. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Nicolas Cedeno

    Veteran. Born 1898, died 1960; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 132 records for Cedeno in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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