Fidalgo surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Fidalgo surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 496 people carried this name — #41,382 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

175 people named Fidalgo live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 40
Valais 25
Zurich 20
Lucerne 18
Geneva 16
Fribourg 12
Neuchâtel 9
Graubünden 9

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Fidalgo.

Most of them — 42 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 42
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 5
Paris 3
Bouches-du-Rhône 2
Gironde 2
Cantal 2
Val-d’Oise 1
Seine-Saint-Denis 1
Hauts-de-Seine 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Fidalgo is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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