The Gaspar surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,251 people carried this name — #3,210 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,200 people counted. That is up 48% from 7,601 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 7,577 people named Gaspar 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 Jujuy.
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
768 people named Gaspar live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 433 people named Gaspar.
179 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 391 people named Gaspar live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
68 people named Gaspar 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).
In print
Gaspar in American newspapers,
1894–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,710 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gaspar,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Enrique Gaspar 1842–1902 · writer -
Manuel Augusto Gaspar 1843–1901 · military personnel -
Jean-Marie Gaspar 1861–1931 · sculptor -
Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar 1865–1938 · military personnel -
Charles Gaspar 1871–1950 · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 119 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gaspar.
- Gasco 320 · U.S. census
- Gascon 2,190 · U.S. census
- Gashi 966 · U.S. census
- Gasior 1,012 · U.S. census
- Gasiorowski 611 · U.S. census
- Gasner 441 · U.S. census
- Gaspard 5,285 · U.S. census
- Gaspari 549 · U.S. census
- Gasparian 319 · U.S. census
- Gasparini 641 · U.S. census
- Gasparro 417 · U.S. census
- Gasperi 151 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gaspar 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.