The Hurtado surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 30,286 people carried this name — #1,160 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,740 people counted. That is up 36% from 22,247 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Hurtado surname
Borrowed from Spanish Hurtado, from the past participle of the verb hurtar (“to rob”), perhaps a reference to an illegitimate or kidnapped child.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hurtado» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 6,469 people named Hurtado 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
237 people named Hurtado live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 224 people named Hurtado.
Most of them — 118 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Aude.
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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Hurtado 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
Hurtado in American newspapers,
1882–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,147 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hurtado,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio Hurtado 1824–1878 · writer -
Ezequiel Hurtado 1825–1890 · politician -
Amadeu Hurtado 1875–1950 · lawyer -
Manuel Hurtado y García 1896–1966 · Catholic bishop -
Luis Hurtado 1898–1967 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 234 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hurtado.
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