The Delgado surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 132,985 people carried this name — #221 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,220 people counted. That is up 35% from 98,675 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Delgado surname
From delgado (“thin, skinny”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Delgado» (Portuguese), 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 66,784 people named Delgado 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 893 people named Delgado.
440 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 68 départements, most often Hérault.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
835 people named Delgado live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Delgado live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
135 people named Delgado is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Delgado in American newspapers,
1896–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 59,255 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Delgado,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Javier Delgado Venegas 1714–1781 · Catholic priest -
Juan Acisclo de Vera y Delgado 1761–1818 · Catholic priest -
José Matías Delgado 1767–1832 · politician -
Joaquim Filipe Nery da Encarnação Delgado 1835–1908 · geologist -
Eleuterio Delgado y Martín 1852–1908 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 192 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Delgado.
- Delepine 108 · U.S. census
- Delery 224 · U.S. census
- Deley 199 · U.S. census
- Delfino 1,780 · U.S. census
- Delforge 141 · U.S. census
- Delfosse 591 · U.S. census
- Delhomme 361 · U.S. census
- Delhotal 153 · U.S. census
- Delia 5,301 · U.S. census
- Delice 461 · U.S. census
- Delie 160 · U.S. census
- Delille 326 · U.S. census
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