The Estevez surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,032 people carried this name — #3,273 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,700 people counted. That is up 43% from 7,702 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Estevez surname
From Spanish, from Galician Estévez, patronymical surname from Estevo (“Stephan”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Estevez» (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 7,414 people named Estevez 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
230 people named Estevez live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 179 people named Estevez.
Most of them — 92 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Nord.
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 print
Estevez in American newspapers,
1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 891 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Estevez,
with a public archive behind them.
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Augustin Guilbert-Estevez 1795–1866 · politician
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Sara Estevez 1925– · journalist
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Joe Estevez 1946– · actor
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Margarita Estevez-Abe 1962– · university teacher
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Cassandra Jade Estevez 1984– · actor
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Leif Estevez Fernandez 1997– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Estevez.
- Ester 2,308 · U.S. census
- Esterle 211 · U.S. census
- Esteva 468 · U.S. census
- Estevan 289 · U.S. census
- Esteve 428 · U.S. census
- Esteves 3,913 · U.S. census
- Esther 537 · U.S. census
- Estrada 127,470 · U.S. census
- Estrella 13,758 · U.S. census
- Estrem 306 · U.S. census
- Etchart 230 · U.S. census
- Etcheverry 559 · U.S. census
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