The Escobedo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 29,185 people carried this name — #1,211 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,100 people counted. That is up 34% from 21,790 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 4,243 people named Escobedo 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 1,539
Córdoba 786
Santa Fe 471
Santiago del Estero 462
City of Buenos Aires 234
Mendoza 148
Chaco 118
Tucumán 117

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 38 people named Escobedo.

Most of them — 26 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Tarn-et-Garonne.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 26
Tarn-et-Garonne 4
Tarn 3
Aude 2
Essonne 2
Cantal 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

24 people named Escobedo live in Switzerland.

They live in 2 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 20
Bern 4

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

Escobedo in American newspapers,
1887–1902.

Newspaper page from Northern Wisconsin Advertiser carrying the name Escobedo
Northern Wisconsin Advertiser 1902-08-07
Newspaper page from Wood County Reporter carrying the name Escobedo
Wood County Reporter 1902-08-07
Newspaper page from St. Paul Daily Globe carrying the name Escobedo
St. Paul Daily Globe 1887-09-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,467 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Escobedo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mariano Escobedo
    Mariano Escobedo 1826–1902 · military personnel
  • Juan Escobedo
    Juan Escobedo 1901– · screenwriter
  • Helen Escobedo
    Helen Escobedo 1934–2010 · curator
  • Marisela Ortiz Escobedo
    Marisela Ortiz Escobedo 1958–2010 · nurse
  • Juan de Escobedo 1456–1600 · architect
  • Diego de Escobedo y Gallego 1562–1632 · military personnel

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Juan Escobedo: Rachelwiez, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Helen Escobedo: Macarena Olivera Hardoy, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Marisela Ortiz Escobedo: Clau García, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 39 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Escobedo,
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 States737 records

737 records of the Escobedo name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 581
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 88
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 61
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jeronimo E. Escobedo

    Born 1922 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Houston; farm hand from Harris County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, 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 Julian Escobedo

    Born 1949; from San Antonio, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps; died in an accident 1969 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Michael A. Escobedo

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1993; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 737 records for Escobedo 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) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France19 records

19 records of the Escobedo 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 Helene Claire Antoinette Escobedo

    Born 1899 in Montauban; died 1984 in Lavit (Tarn-et-Garonne).

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

    Born 1903 in Spain; died 1992 in Carcassonne (Aude).

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

    Born 1934 in Malves-en-Minervois; died 1991 in Camurac (Aude).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 19 records for Escobedo 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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