The Jaramillo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 36,755 people carried this name — #945 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,030 people counted. That is up 31% from 28,024 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 7,739 people named Jaramillo 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 Chubut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Chubut 1,884
Buenos Aires Province 1,346
Río Negro 880
Neuquén 719
Jujuy 697
City of Buenos Aires 511
Salta 499
Santa Cruz 372

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

185 people named Jaramillo live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 53
Zurich 39
Geneva 38
Bern 20
Basel-Landschaft 11
Basel-Stadt 10
Ticino 6
Aargau 4

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 print

Jaramillo in American newspapers,
1891–1935.

Newspaper page from The Opelousas Courier carrying the name Jaramillo
The Opelousas Courier 1891-09-19
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Jaramillo
Evening Star 1921-02-13
Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Jaramillo
The Bismarck Tribune 1935-11-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,528 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Jaramillo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nicolás Jaramillo y Mesa
    Nicolás Jaramillo y Mesa 1839–1906 · military personnel
  • Cleofas Martínez Jaramillo
    Cleofas Martínez Jaramillo 1878–1956 · writer
  • Juan B. Jaramillo Meza
    Juan B. Jaramillo Meza 1892–1978
  • Jaime Jaramillo Arango
    Jaime Jaramillo Arango 1897–1962 · writer
  • Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo
    Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo 1914–1993 · Catholic priest

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Jaime Jaramillo Arango: unknown author, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0); Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo: Universidadcatolicadeoriente, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 145 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Jaramillo,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States943 records

943 records of the Jaramillo name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 467
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 258
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 206
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George Jaramillo

    Born 1917 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Santa Fe; farmer from Sandoval County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jorge M. Jaramillo

    Born 1942; from Los Angeles, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1965 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Evangelisto Jaramillo

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1950, died 1985; buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 943 records for Jaramillo in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France3 records

3 records of the Jaramillo name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Maria Adelina Jaramillo

    Born 1918 in Colombie; died 1991 in Saint-Pern (Ille-et-Vilaine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Helene Jaramillo

    Born 1944 in Montfort-l'Amaury (Yvelines); died 1976 in Dijon (Côte-d'Or).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Elsa Jaramillo

    Born 1938 in Armenia (Colombie); died 1998 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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