The Espinoza surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 112,154 people carried this name — #271 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,630 people counted. That is up 41% from 79,322 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Espinoza surname
A surname, variant of Espinosa.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Espinoza» (Spanish), 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 42,148 people named Espinoza 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
327 people named Espinoza live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 66 people named Espinoza.
Most of them — 34 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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 the Nordic population registers
192 people named Espinoza is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Espinoza in American newspapers,
1915–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,538 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Espinoza,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicolás Espinoza 1795–1845 · politician -
Ricardo Espinoza 1837–1931 · lawyer -
Leonor Espinoza de Menéndez 1876– · writer -
Arturo Espinoza Mujica 1890–1978 · military officer -
César Espinoza 1900–1956 · association football coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 270 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Espinoza.
- Esperon 364 · U.S. census
- Espeut 155 · U.S. census
- Espie 226 · U.S. census
- Espin 847 · U.S. census
- Espinet 192 · U.S. census
- Espinosa 38,667 · U.S. census
- Esposito 22,789 · U.S. census
- Esprit 248 · U.S. census
- Espy 1,851 · U.S. census
- Esquer 1,855 · U.S. census
- Esquerre 100 · U.S. census
- Esse 436 · U.S. census
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