The Figueroa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 98,468 people carried this name — #316 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,000 people counted. That is up 36% from 72,533 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Figueroa surname
Borrowed from Spanish Figueroa, itself from Galician Figueroa.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Figueroa» (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 94,174 people named Figueroa 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
172 people named Figueroa live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 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 152 people named Figueroa.
Most of them — 84 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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 the Nordic population registers
109 people named Figueroa 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).
Who carried it
People named Figueroa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hernando de Santillán y Figueroa 1519–1574 · writer -
Francisco de Figueroa 1530–1588 · writer -
José Figueroa 1792–1835 · politician -
Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera 1798–1878 · politician -
Fernando Figueroa 1849–1919 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 226 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Figueroa.
- Figiel 431 · U.S. census
- Figoni 103 · U.S. census
- Figueira 809 · U.S. census
- Figueiredo 2,439 · U.S. census
- Figueras 848 · U.S. census
- Figueredo 2,269 · U.S. census
- Fil 220 · U.S. census
- Fila 516 · U.S. census
- Filho 513 · U.S. census
- Filion 675 · U.S. census
- Filip 1,652 · U.S. census
- Filipe 268 · U.S. census
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