The Concepcion surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,332 people carried this name — #2,909 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,900 people counted. That is up 34% from 9,222 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Concepcion surname
From Spanish Concepción.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Concepcion» (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 268 people named Concepcion 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
32 people named Concepcion live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 print
Concepcion in American newspapers,
1928–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 22,576 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Concepcion in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1980s.
1,120 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Concepcion. The most, 886, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Concepcion.
Who carried it
People named Concepcion,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jose Concepcion Jr. 1931–2024 · politician -
Roberto Concepcion 1903–1987 · judge
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Jake H. Concepcion 1936–2017 · bandleader
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Concepcion,
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 States292 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 128
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 73
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 72
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Roque ConcepcionBorn 1912. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; machine shop worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, 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) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Francisco ConcepcionBorn 1942; from Kilauea, Hawaii. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1965 in South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Fermin ConcepcionU.S. Army veteran of World War I and World War II. Born 1894, died 1962; buried at Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Puerto Rico.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 292 records for Concepcion 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).
Netherlands1 record
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Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Casanova ConcepcionIn the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1888 in Torreblanca.
Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (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 Concepcion.
- Comtois 747 · U.S. census
- Conan 229 · U.S. census
- Conant 5,386 · U.S. census
- Conard 4,482 · U.S. census
- Conaway 8,264 · U.S. census
- Conca 440 · U.S. census
- Conde 10,430 · U.S. census
- Condello 436 · U.S. census
- Condo 970 · U.S. census
- Condon 13,109 · U.S. census
- Condy 211 · U.S. census
- Cone 9,935 · U.S. census
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