The Jerez surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,074 people carried this name — #8,137 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 72,500 people counted. That is up 43% from 2,842 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 17,926 people named Jerez 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 135 people named Jerez.
57 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Loire.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Jerez live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 the Nordic population registers
31 people named Jerez 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
Jerez in American newspapers,
1868–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,487 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Jerez,
with a public archive behind them.
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Máximo Jerez 1818–1881 · diplomat -
Delfín Jerez 1870–1944 · actor -
Augusto Jeréz Perchét d. 1903 · writer
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Raul Adrian Jerez Padilla d. 1973 · merchant
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Julio Argentino Jerez 1901–1954 · composer
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Fernando Jerez 1937– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jerez.
- Jenne 1,311 · U.S. census
- Jenner 2,574 · U.S. census
- Jenni 174 · U.S. census
- Jenny 1,432 · U.S. census
- Jensen 115,679 · U.S. census
- Jeremie 208 · U.S. census
- Jermann 138 · U.S. census
- Jerome 9,131 · U.S. census
- Jeronimo 2,641 · U.S. census
- Jessel 322 · U.S. census
- Jesson 392 · U.S. census
- Jesus 2,033 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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