The Duarte surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 42,983 people carried this name — #808 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,860 people counted. That is up 35% from 31,896 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Duarte surname
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Duarte.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Duarte» (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 90,995 people named Duarte 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
2,353 people named Duarte live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 623 people named Duarte.
Most of them — 358 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Paris.
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 the Nordic population registers
65 people named Duarte 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
Duarte in American newspapers,
1880–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,652 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Duarte,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leonora Duarte 1610–1678 · composer -
Vicente Celestino Duarte 1802–1865 · merchant -
Juan Pablo Duarte 1813–1876 · poet -
Ramalho Ortigão 1836–1915 · journalist -
Roberto Duarte Silva 1837–1889 · pharmacist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 191 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Duarte.
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