The Estrella surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,758 people carried this name — #2,618 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,500 people counted. That is up 35% from 10,167 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,421 people named Estrella 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 Mendoza.
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 64 people named Estrella.
Most of them — 44 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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
49 people named Estrella live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
In print
Estrella in American newspapers,
1886–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35,077 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Estrella,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rafael Estrella Ureña 1889–1945 · lawyer -
Fermín Estrella Gutiérrez 1900–1990 · writer -
Fermín Estrella Gutiérrez 1900–1990 · writer
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Emilio Estrella Logía d. 2020 · cultural activist
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Sebastián Estrella Robles 1850– · politician
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Eudoxia Estrella 1925–2021 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Estrella.
- 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
- Estrada 127,470 · 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
- Etter 5,039 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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