The Heredia surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 12,703 people carried this name — #2,615 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 329 people named Heredia.
140 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
152 people named Heredia live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Heredia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pedro Miguel de Heredia 1579–1655 · physician -
Narciso Fernández de Heredia, 2nd Count of Heredia-Spínola 1775–1843 · politician -
Alejandro Heredia 1788–1838 · military personnel -
Cayetano Heredia 1797–1861 · physician -
José María Heredia y Heredia 1803–1839 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 112 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Heredia.
- Herber 1,878 · U.S. census
- Herbert 25,224 · U.S. census
- Herbin 861 · U.S. census
- Herbst 8,093 · U.S. census
- Herbster 737 · U.S. census
- Herby 142 · U.S. census
- Heren 110 · U.S. census
- Hergott 389 · U.S. census
- Herin 507 · U.S. census
- Hering 3,100 · U.S. census
- Heringer 394 · U.S. census
- Heriot 261 · U.S. census
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