The Espada surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,245 people carried this name — #13,509 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 131,600 people counted. That is up 30% from 1,730 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,212 people named Espada 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 127 people named Espada.
59 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Hérault.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
30 people named Espada live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Espada,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Espada Novoa 1816–1874 · politician
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Juan Manuel Espada Montaos 1843–1913 · physician
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Frank Espada 1930–2014 · photographer
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Luís Espada Recarey 1940– · chemical engineer
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Norberto Espada 1949– · association football player
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Pedro Espada Jr. 1953– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Espada.
- Escribano 601 · U.S. census
- Escude 138 · U.S. census
- Escudero 3,352 · U.S. census
- Eskenazi 511 · U.S. census
- Eslinger 2,641 · U.S. census
- Esnard 135 · U.S. census
- Espana 4,127 · U.S. census
- Espanol 510 · U.S. census
- Esparza 42,559 · U.S. census
- Espejo 2,769 · U.S. census
- Esperance 357 · U.S. census
- Esperon 364 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Espada is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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