The Espinal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,924 people carried this name — #2,289 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,500 people counted. That is up 51% from 10,534 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 415 people named Espinal 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 211
City of Buenos Aires 123
La Pampa 24
Córdoba 23
Santa Fe 18
Chubut 16

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

81 people named Espinal live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 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

Zurich 35
Aargau 12
Bern 10
Geneva 5
Glarus 5
Basel-Landschaft 4
Vaud 4
Basel-Stadt 3

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

Espinal in American newspapers,
1925–1927.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Espinal
El Tucsonense 1925-07-14
Newspaper page from Douglas Daily Dispatch carrying the name Espinal
Douglas Daily Dispatch 1927-11-08
Newspaper page from El Mosquito carrying the name Espinal
El Mosquito 1925-07-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,898 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Espinal,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Juan de Espinal
    Juan de Espinal 1714–1783 · painter
  • Betsabé Espinal
    Betsabé Espinal 1896–1932 · spinner
  • Gregorio Espinal d. 1746 · painter
  • Marià Espinal Armengol 1897–1974 · painter
  • Thelma Leonor Espinal 1901– · painter
  • Luís Espinal Camps 1932–1980 · screenwriter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Espinal,
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 States39 records

39 records of the Espinal name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 32
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 2
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Frank Espinal

    Born 1921 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Sacramento; clerk from Sacramento County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Clotilde Espinal

    Arrived at New York in 1895 aboard the Normannia from Hamburg, aged 34; tailor. From France.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Nelson A. Espinal

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1956, died 1994; buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

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

Showing 3 of 39 records for Espinal in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France4 records

4 records of the Espinal 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 Robert Espinal

    Born 1925 in Pau; died 1986 in Eaux-Bonnes (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

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

    Born 1901 in Oloron-Sainte-Marie (Pyrénées-Atlantiques); died 1987 in Versailles (Yvelines).

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

    Born 1930 in Laval; died 1994 in Changé (Mayenne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Espinal 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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