The Escalante surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,626 people carried this name — #1,736 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,300 people counted. That is up 47% from 14,032 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 34,634 people named Escalante 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 11,895
Corrientes 4,417
Chaco 4,331
Santa Fe 2,755
Salta 2,582
City of Buenos Aires 1,349
Córdoba 1,213
Catamarca 815

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

43 people named Escalante live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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 22
Vaud 11
Fribourg 5
St. Gallen 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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 31 people named Escalante.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Bouches-du-Rhône 6
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 4
Rhône 4
Landes 2
Haute-Garonne 1
Gironde 1
Charente-Maritime 1
Hauts-de-Seine 1

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

In the Nordic population registers

22 people named Escalante is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 22

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

Escalante in American newspapers,
1899–1930.

Newspaper page from The St. Charles Herald carrying the name Escalante
The St. Charles Herald 1921-10-29
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Escalante
The Anaconda Standard 1899-07-17
Newspaper page from La Gaceta carrying the name Escalante
La Gaceta 1930-12-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,612 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Escalante,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eduardo Escalante
    Eduardo Escalante 1834–1895 · writer
  • Pedro de Escalante
    Pedro de Escalante 1913–1970 · politician
  • Jaime Escalante
    Jaime Escalante 1930–2010 · teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Pedro de Escalante: MiguelAlanCS, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Jaime Escalante: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 70 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Escalante,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States537 records

537 records of the Escalante name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 408
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 79
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 28
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Nabor J. Escalante

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; charwoman from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Domingo Escalante

    Born 1944; from Santa Ana, California. U.S. Army, utility helicopter repairer; died in an accident 1967 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Lusia V. Escalante

    Born 1878 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Pinal County, Arizona, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 537 records for Escalante in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France9 records

9 records of the Escalante name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Raymond Escalante

    Born 1936 in Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône); died 1987 in La Seyne-sur-Mer (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Casimira Escalante

    Born 1902 in Spain; died 1992 in Labenne (Landes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Charley Alfred Escalante

    Born 1925 in Spain; died 2001 in Roanne (Loire).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Escalante in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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