The Gonzalo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 592 people carried this name — #37,591 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 10% from 536 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,550 people named Gonzalo 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 82 people named Gonzalo.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Gironde.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Gonzalo live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Gonzalo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hermano José Gonzalo d. 1985 · botanist
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Joaquín Gonzalo y Tarín 1838–1910 · geologist
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Eloy Gonzalo García 1868–1897 · soldier
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David Gonzalo Maeso 1902–1990 · university teacher
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José Luis Hermenegildo Gonzalo 1906–1976 · painter
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Justo Gonzalo 1910–1986 · neurologist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gonzalo.
- Gonet 428 · U.S. census
- Gongora 3,205 · U.S. census
- Goni 359 · U.S. census
- Gonthier 376 · U.S. census
- Gonzales 214,758 · U.S. census
- Gonzalez 841,025 · U.S. census
- Gonzalves 199 · U.S. census
- Goossens 558 · U.S. census
- Gora 953 · U.S. census
- Goral 913 · U.S. census
- Goram 123 · U.S. census
- Gorczyca 792 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gonzalo 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.
