The Cepeda surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,572 people carried this name — #3,112 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,500 people counted. That is up 35% from 8,544 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 15,194 people named Cepeda 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 7,895
Córdoba 2,080
Entre Ríos 1,189
Santa Fe 704
San Juan 683
Mendoza 640
City of Buenos Aires 590
La Pampa 241

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

80 people named Cepeda live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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 29
Geneva 19
Vaud 19
Bern 5
Fribourg 5
Valais 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 38 people named Cepeda.

Most of them — 22 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Isère.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 22
Isère 8
Puy-de-Dôme 2
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 2
Paris 2
Charente 1
Oise 1

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

In print

Cepeda in American newspapers,
1914–1929.

Newspaper page from The Port Gibson Reveille carrying the name Cepeda
The Port Gibson Reveille 1914-07-30
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Cepeda
Daily Kennebec Journal 1914-07-24
Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Cepeda
La Opinión 1929-07-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,992 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Cepeda in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1940s.

65 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cepeda. The most, 60, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 18
New South Wales 11
ACT (Canberra) 1
Tasmania 1
Victoria 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cepeda.

Who carried it

People named Cepeda,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Juan Cepeda
    Juan Cepeda 1869–1954 · politician
  • Francisco Cepeda
    Francisco Cepeda 1906–1935 · sport cyclist
  • Horacio Cepeda Marinkovic d. 1976 · construction worker
  • José Cepeda 1687–1750 · Catholic priest
  • Rosario Cepeda 1756–1816 · writer
  • Juan Carlos Cepeda 1801–1999 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cepeda,
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 States197 records

197 records of the Cepeda name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 135
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 34
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 22
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Fred F. Cepeda

    Born 1914 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Sam Houston; factory foreman from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, 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. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Juan Duenas Cepeda

    Born 1940; from Dededo, Guam. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jose Juan Cepeda

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1892, died 1954; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 197 records for Cepeda 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) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France17 records

17 records of the Cepeda 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 Maria Eugenia Cepeda

    Born 1945 in Spain; died 1993 in Mareuil-lès-Meaux (Seine-et-Marne).

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

    Born 1939 in Portugal; died 1993 in Seyssinet-Pariset (Isère).

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

    Born 1905 in Spain; died 2000 in Montpellier (Hérault).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 17 records for Cepeda 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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