The Cerezo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,927 people carried this name — #15,255 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 153,800 people counted. That is up 52% from 1,269 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Cerezo surname
From Spanish Cerezo, from cerezo. The surname mostly occurs among Spaniards and Filipinos.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cerezo» (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 3,559 people named Cerezo 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 179 people named Cerezo.
61 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Cerezo live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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.
Who carried it
People named Cerezo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mariano Cerezo 1739–1809 · farmer -
Luis Cerezo 1900–2000 · association football player -
Vinicio Cerezo 1942– · politician -
Mateo Cerezo 1637–1666 · painter
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Ángel Cerezo Vallejo 1889– · illustrator
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Pere Cerezo i Hernáez 1890–1977 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cerezo.
- Cercy 155 · U.S. census
- Cerda 17,703 · U.S. census
- Cerdan 260 · U.S. census
- Ceres 232 · U.S. census
- Ceresa 295 · U.S. census
- Ceretto 113 · U.S. census
- Cerf 344 · U.S. census
- Ceriani 207 · U.S. census
- Cerini 301 · U.S. census
- Cerise 394 · U.S. census
- Cerna 5,726 · U.S. census
- Cerny 3,227 · U.S. census
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