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

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.

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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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 826
City of Buenos Aires 197
Córdoba 89
Chubut 84
Santa Fe 73
Santa Cruz 59
Río Negro 58
Tucumán 38

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

Born outside France 33
Gironde 16
Aveyron 5
Charente 4
Val-d’Oise 3
Landes 3
Ille-et-Vilaine 3
Aude 2
Côtes-d’Armor 2

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

Thurgau 9
Bern 7
Valais 6
Zurich 6

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.

  • Hermano José Gonzalo d. 1985 · botanist
  • Joaquín Gonzalo y Tarín 1838–1910 · geologist
  • Eloy Gonzalo García 1868–1897 · soldier
  • David Gonzalo Maeso 1902–1990 · university teacher
  • José Luis Hermenegildo Gonzalo 1906–1976 · painter
  • Justo Gonzalo 1910–1986 · neurologist

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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.

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