The Cedillo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,538 people carried this name — #3,392 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,000 people counted. That is up 49% from 7,085 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 85 people named Cedillo 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 37
Mendoza 29
City of Buenos Aires 19

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

In print

Cedillo in American newspapers,
1929.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Cedillo
El Tucsonense 1929-04-27
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Cedillo
El Tucsonense 1929-03-26
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Cedillo
Evening Star 1929-04-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 861 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cedillo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pedro Manuel Cedillo 1676–1761 · mathematician
  • Cleofás Cedillo 1889–1915 · military personnel
  • Ildefonso Cedillo 1934–2007 · conductor

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cedillo,
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 States258 records

258 records of the Cedillo name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 212
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 23
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 23
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jose T. Cedillo

    Born 1912 in Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; plumber from Bexar County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1962, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Ramon Cedillo

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1939, died 1996; buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Otilia Unreadable Cedillo

    Born 1899 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Gonzales County, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 258 records for Cedillo 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Cedillo name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Carolina Cedillo

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Cedillo.

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