The Hidalgo surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 16,824 people carried this name — #1,967 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 378 people named Hidalgo.
Most of them — 193 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Paris.
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
252 people named Hidalgo live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Hidalgo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla 1753–1811 · priest -
Bartolomé Hidalgo 1788–1822 · writer -
Juan José Hidalgo y Caballero 1815– · politician -
Joaquín González-Hidalgo Rodríguez 1839–1923 · physician -
Stefano Hidalgo 1848–1918 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 218 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hidalgo.
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