The Cisneros surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 50,920 people carried this name — #670 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,790 people counted. That is up 37% from 37,050 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 23,934 people named Cisneros 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Cisneros live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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
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 23 people named Cisneros.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 print
Cisneros in American newspapers,
1897–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,724 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Cisneros in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1990s.
109 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cisneros. The most, 52, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.6 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cisneros.
Who carried it
People named Cisneros,
with a public archive behind them.
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Isabel de Cisnero 1660–1714 · painter -
César Augusto Cisneros Luces 1849–1897 · writer -
Juan Cisneros y Sevillano 1859–1925 · physician -
Luis Fernán Cisneros 1882–1954 · writer -
Manuel Cisneros Sánchez 1904–1971 · lawyer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 123 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Cisneros,
in the records of 3 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 States1,412 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1,085
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 186
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 115
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
- Sacramento County historic burials 3
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Roy CisnerosBorn 1949; from San Antonio, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Rudolph CisnerosBorn 1926 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Sam Houston; apprentice machinist from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1950, 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) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Francisco J. CisnerosArrived at New York in 1883 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 46; civil engineer.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 1,412 records for Cisneros 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
France6 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Leoncio CisnerosBorn 1924 in Spain; died 2001 in Pessac (Gironde).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Dominique Roger CisnerosBorn 1953 in Lyon (Rhône); died 1975 in Libourne (Gironde).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Antoinette CisnerosBorn 1929 in Marseille; died 1975 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 6 records for Cisneros 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).
Australia2 records
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record F. G. De CisnerosArrived in Victoria in 1911 aboard the Mooltan, aged 34.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record De Countess CisnerosArrived in Victoria in 1911 aboard the Mooltan, aged 30.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cisneros.
- Cipolla 2,658 · U.S. census
- Cipres 405 · U.S. census
- Cipriani 1,830 · U.S. census
- Cipriano 4,569 · U.S. census
- Cirelli 1,038 · U.S. census
- Cirillo 3,692 · U.S. census
- Cisse 1,873 · U.S. census
- Ciszak 128 · U.S. census
- Ciszewski 659 · U.S. census
- Citron 978 · U.S. census
- Citti 145 · U.S. census
- Ciucci 281 · U.S. census
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