The Coronado surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 27,626 people carried this name — #1,274 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,700 people counted. That is up 35% from 20,503 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Coronado surname
Borrowed from Spanish coronado (“crowned”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Coronado» (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 4,803 people named Coronado 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
97 people named Coronado live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Coronado.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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
Coronado in American newspapers,
1889–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 70,691 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Coronado,
with a public archive behind them.
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Carolina Coronado 1820–1911 · writer -
Francisco de Paula Coronado 1870–1946 · teacher -
José Coronado 1957– · actor -
Evaristo Coronado 1960– · association football coach -
Rod Coronado 1966– · environmentalist -
Alonso Coronado y Ulloa 1613–1670 · magistrate
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 60 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Coronado.
- Cornier 577 · U.S. census
- Cornille 122 · U.S. census
- Corno 190 · U.S. census
- Corominas 110 · U.S. census
- Coron 222 · U.S. census
- Corona 41,553 · U.S. census
- Coronel 7,745 · U.S. census
- Corp 1,246 · U.S. census
- Corporon 269 · U.S. census
- Corradi 420 · U.S. census
- Corradini 289 · U.S. census
- Corrado 4,021 · U.S. census
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