The Jacinto surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,238 people carried this name — #5,572 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,400 people counted. That is up 47% from 4,251 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 939 people named Jacinto 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
137 people named Jacinto live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Jacinto.
Most of them — 53 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Deux-Sèvres.
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 print
Jacinto in American newspapers,
1902–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 81,337 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Jacinto,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alejandra Jacinto Uranga 1989– · politician -
Frei Jacinto 1700–1750 · composer
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Emilio Jacinto 1875–1899 · writer
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RJ Jacinto 1945– · musician
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Elisabete Jacinto 1964– · writer
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Javier Jacinto 1968– · conductor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jacinto.
- Jaber 2,601 · U.S. census
- Jabin 141 · U.S. census
- Jablonski 7,469 · U.S. census
- Jabri 251 · U.S. census
- Jaccard 151 · U.S. census
- Jach 237 · U.S. census
- Jack 15,256 · U.S. census
- Jackel 463 · U.S. census
- Jackowski 1,422 · U.S. census
- Jackson 708,099 · U.S. census
- Jacky 304 · U.S. census
- Jacob 24,688 · U.S. census
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