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The Crespo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,629 people carried this name — #2,042 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,700 people counted. That is up 27% from 13,835 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 12,302 people named Crespo 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 5,281
City of Buenos Aires 1,542
Santa Fe 903
Córdoba 850
Chubut 617
Río Negro 522
Neuquén 381
Mendoza 379

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 769 people named Crespo.

334 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 334
Bouches-du-Rhône 39
Hérault 35
Gironde 33
Hauts-de-Seine 31
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 31
Essonne 27
Rhône 25
Paris 24

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

274 people named Crespo live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 83
Vaud 52
Geneva 44
Bern 16
Valais 14
Fribourg 12
Aargau 9
Ticino 8

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 the Nordic population registers

28 people named Crespo is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 28

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Crespo in American newspapers,
1892–1957.

Newspaper page from The Times carrying the name Crespo
The Times 1892-04-30
Newspaper page from The St. Charles Herald carrying the name Crespo
The St. Charles Herald 1917-08-04
Newspaper page from El Sol carrying the name Crespo
El Sol 1957-05-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,666 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Crespo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tomás Crespo Agüero
    Tomás Crespo Agüero 1668–1742 · archbishop
  • Domingo Crespo
    Domingo Crespo 1793–1871 · politician
  • Manuel Crespo Cebrián
    Manuel Crespo Cebrián 1793–1868 · military personnel
  • Ignacio Crespo
    Ignacio Crespo 1831–1929 · politician
  • Joaquín Crespo
    Joaquín Crespo 1841–1898 · military personnel

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 198 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Crespo.

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