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The Escobar surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 64,403 people carried this name — #520 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,580 people counted. That is up 50% from 42,955 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 92,892 people named Escobar 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 37,505
Santa Fe 9,544
Corrientes 7,505
Chaco 6,422
City of Buenos Aires 5,223
Tucumán 3,286
Misiones 2,997
Córdoba 2,667

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 354 people named Escobar.

Most of them — 182 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 182
Hauts-de-Seine 33
Bouches-du-Rhône 25
Paris 16
Hérault 11
Vaucluse 10
Rhône 9
Haute-Garonne 7
Corsica 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

292 people named Escobar live in Switzerland.

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

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 59
Zurich 51
Vaud 49
Valais 24
Aargau 19
Neuchâtel 16
Bern 16
Basel-Landschaft 12

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

107 people named Escobar is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 107

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

Escobar in American newspapers,
1907–1929.

Newspaper page from Hattiesburg Daily News carrying the name Escobar
Hattiesburg Daily News 1907-07-05
Newspaper page from Evening Public Ledger carrying the name Escobar
Evening Public Ledger 1921-11-23
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Escobar
El Tucsonense 1929-04-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Escobar,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pêro Escobar
    Pêro Escobar 1401–1501 · sailor
  • Manuel María Escobar y Rivera
    Manuel María Escobar y Rivera 1806–1891 · military personnel
  • Patricio Escobar
    Patricio Escobar 1843–1912 · politician
  • Federico Escobar
    Federico Escobar 1861–1912 · poet
  • Adrián C. Escobar
    Adrián C. Escobar 1883–1954 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 206 lives in all are documented under this name.

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