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The Cristobal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,602 people carried this name — #9,074 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,000 people counted. That is up 60% from 2,258 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 863 people named Cristobal 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 520
City of Buenos Aires 128
Salta 53
Río Negro 44
Tucumán 39
Córdoba 25
Mendoza 21
Santa Fe 19

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 64 people named Cristobal.

32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 32
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 9
Gironde 4
Hauts-de-Seine 4
Paris 4
Hérault 3
Tarn-et-Garonne 1
Yvelines 1
Pyrénées-Orientales 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

38 people named Cristobal 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

Geneva 11
Vaud 9
Zurich 8
Bern 5
Basel-Landschaft 5

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

Cristobal in American newspapers,
1898.

Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Cristobal
The Grenada Sentinel 1898-07-09
Newspaper page from The Weekly Corinthian carrying the name Cristobal
The Weekly Corinthian 1898-07-07
Newspaper page from The Philipsburg Mail carrying the name Cristobal
The Philipsburg Mail 1898-10-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 43,602 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cristobal,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adrian Cristobal 1932–2007 · screenwriter
  • Michel Cristobal 1934– · association football player
  • Arturo Cristobal 1958– · basketball player
  • Mario Cristobal 1970– · American football player
  • Luis Cristobal 1970– · alpine skier
  • Lele Cristobal 1973– · cook

Wikidata (CC0).

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Surnames next to Cristobal.

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