The Escoto surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,249 people carried this name — #6,469 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,200 people counted. That is up 45% from 3,627 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 29 people named Escoto 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 29

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

In print

Escoto in American newspapers,
1900–1927.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Escoto
Evening Star 1912-04-07
Newspaper page from The Coconino Sun carrying the name Escoto
The Coconino Sun 1927-08-12
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Escoto
Evening Star 1900-04-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 279 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Escoto in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1980s.

43 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Escoto. The most, 39, date from the 1980s.

Articles, by state

ACT (Canberra) 40

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Escoto.

Who carried it

People named Escoto,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Juan Bautista Escoto d. 1747 · military personnel
  • Juan Escoto 1894–1975 · politician
  • Nazario Escoto 1900– · politician
  • Alberto Escoto 1925–2019 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Escoto,
in the records of 3 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 States150 records

150 records of the Escoto name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 130
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 14
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 6
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Pete R. Escoto

    Born 1919 in Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Fresno, California; cook from San Francisco County, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Julian P. Escoto

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1938, died 1999; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Maria A. Escoto

    Born 1908 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Los Angeles, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 150 records for Escoto 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France2 records

2 records of the Escoto 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 Roger Escoto

    Born 1938 in Morocco; died 1992 in Épinay-sur-Seine (Seine-Saint-Denis).

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

    Born 1913 in Spain; died 1996 in Bonifacio (Corse).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Escoto name in Australia Queensland State Archives indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Martin Escoto

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1877.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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Surnames next to Escoto.

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