The Granados surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 26,187 people carried this name — #1,347 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,300 people counted. That is up 50% from 17,463 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,246 people named Granados 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 136 people named Granados.
68 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
66 people named Granados live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
23 people named Granados 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
Granados in American newspapers,
1920–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,501 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Granados,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mariano Granados 1866–1914 · writer -
Enrique Granados 1867–1916 · composer -
Julián Granados 1875–1917 · military personnel -
Eduard Granados Gal 1894–1928 · composer -
Rosario Granados 1925–1997 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 96 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Granados.
- Gramaglia 182 · U.S. census
- Gramlich 1,469 · U.S. census
- Grammatico 416 · U.S. census
- Grammont 108 · U.S. census
- Gran 1,900 · U.S. census
- Granado 5,004 · U.S. census
- Granat 715 · U.S. census
- Granata 2,588 · U.S. census
- Granato 1,166 · U.S. census
- Grand 2,032 · U.S. census
- Grandchamp 470 · U.S. census
- Grande 7,904 · U.S. census
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