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

The Fidel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 658 people carried this name — #34,427 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 629 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 574 people named Fidel 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 167
Misiones 129
Mendoza 78
Corrientes 66
City of Buenos Aires 60
Río Negro 42
Neuquén 12
Formosa 10

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 101 people named Fidel.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Paris 16
Haute-Marne 14
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Vosges 7
Seine-Saint-Denis 6
Tarn 6
Moselle 6
Pyrénées-Orientales 4

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

In the Nordic population registers

23 people named Fidel is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 23

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).

Who carried it

People named Fidel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alex Fiedel 1886– · musician
  • Joseph Fidel 1923–2015 · politician
  • Marc Fidel 1973– · politician
  • Barbara Fidel 1985– · bowler
  • Josimar 1987– · singer
  • Faith Fidel 2009– · actor

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

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

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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