The Escudero surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,352 people carried this name — #9,684 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,700 people counted. That is up 33% from 2,515 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Escudero surname
Occupational surname borrowed from Spanish escudero (“esquire, shield-bearer”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Escudero» (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 31,719 people named Escudero 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 421 people named Escudero.
187 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
65 people named Escudero live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Escudero in American newspapers,
1913–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,733 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Escudero,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alonso Escudero López 1867–1954 · businessperson -
Bernardo Escudero y Reguera d. 1881 · writer
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Bernardo Escudero y Reguera d. 1881 · writer
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Pedro de Calabria 1677–1738 · painter
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Francisco de Paula Escudero y Ramírez de Arellano 1764–1831 · politician
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Ignacio Escudero y Valdivieso 1820–1866 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Escudero.
- Escobar 64,403 · U.S. census
- Escoffier 101 · U.S. census
- Escola 128 · U.S. census
- Escot 113 · U.S. census
- Escribano 601 · U.S. census
- Escude 138 · U.S. census
- Eskenazi 511 · U.S. census
- Eslinger 2,641 · U.S. census
- Esnard 135 · U.S. census
- Espada 2,245 · U.S. census
- Espana 4,127 · U.S. census
- Espanol 510 · U.S. census
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