The Estrada surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 127,470 people carried this name — #238 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,310 people counted. That is up 37% from 92,831 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Estrada surname
From Latin strāta.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Estrada» (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 13,456 people named Estrada 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
193 people named Estrada live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 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 181 people named Estrada.
81 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 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
41 people named Estrada 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
Estrada in American newspapers,
1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 39,626 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Estrada,
with a public archive behind them.
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María de Estrada 1480–1550 · conquistador -
José Dolores Estrada Vado 1792–1869 · military personnel -
José María Estrada 1802–1856 · politician -
Ildefonso Estrada y Zenea 1826–1912 · writer -
Guillermo Estrada 1834–1894 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 208 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Estrada.
- Esteva 468 · U.S. census
- Estevan 289 · U.S. census
- Esteve 428 · U.S. census
- Esteves 3,913 · U.S. census
- Estevez 11,032 · U.S. census
- Esther 537 · U.S. census
- Estrella 13,758 · U.S. census
- Estrem 306 · U.S. census
- Etchart 230 · U.S. census
- Etcheverry 559 · U.S. census
- Etie 252 · U.S. census
- Etienne 7,867 · U.S. census
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