The Furtado surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,464 people carried this name — #6,250 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,254 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 649 people named Furtado 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 235
Misiones 178
City of Buenos Aires 95
Entre Ríos 63
Tucumán 25
Mendoza 22
Santa Fe 17
Córdoba 14

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

189 people named Furtado live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 76
Fribourg 37
Valais 25
Geneva 15
Zurich 8
Bern 6
Basel-Stadt 6
St. Gallen 4

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 33 people named Furtado.

Most of them — 22 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 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 22
Paris 6
Somme 2
Seine-Saint-Denis 2
Hauts-de-Seine 1

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

In print

Furtado in American newspapers,
1914.

Newspaper page from Alma Record carrying the name Furtado
Alma Record 1914-09-17
Newspaper page from The Owosso Times carrying the name Furtado
The Owosso Times 1914-09-04
Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Furtado
Rock Island Argus 1914-08-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Furtado in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

185 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Furtado. The most, 82, date from the 1840s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 93
New South Wales 48
Victoria 26
South Australia 8
Queensland 5
ACT (Canberra) 3
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Furtado.

Who carried it

People named Furtado,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Afonso Furtado de Mendonça
    Afonso Furtado de Mendonça 1561–1630 · Catholic bishop
  • Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado
    Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado 1700–1769 · military personnel
  • Abraham Furtado
    Abraham Furtado 1756–1817 · writer
  • Eusébio Pinheiro Furtado
    Eusébio Pinheiro Furtado 1777–1861 · writer
  • José de Almeida Furtado
    José de Almeida Furtado 1778–1831 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Afonso Furtado de Mendonça: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 76 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Furtado,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States672 records

672 records of the Furtado name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 438
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 160
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 61
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ernest Furtado

    Born 1913 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; cook from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1967, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Edward Furtado

    Born 1950; from Fall River, Massachusetts. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Samuel Furtado

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Celtic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 32; laborer.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 672 records for Furtado in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands32 records

32 records of the Furtado name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 22
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 10
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Rebecca Furtado

    Married in 1899 in Rotterdam. Died 1928 in Rotterdam, aged 68.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Salomon Furtado

    Married in 1885 in Amsterdam; cigar maker.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Jacob Salomon Israel Furtado

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1818 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 32 records for Furtado in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia20 records

20 records of the Furtado name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 12
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Oswald Augustus Furtado

    Retired teacher of Balwyn, Victoria; died 2000.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Manuel Furtado

    Sailed from Victoria in 1865 aboard the Essex, bound for London, aged 28.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Emily Rita Furtado

    Born 1914, died 2001; obituary published in Western Australia.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Furtado in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France9 records

9 records of the Furtado name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Antoine Furtado

    Born 1949 in Senegal; died 1991 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rosinete Maria Furtado

    Born 1965 in Brazil; died 1990 in Cayenne (Guyane).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Robert Georges Furtado

    Born 1925 in Paris; died 1985 in Créteil (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Furtado in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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