The Juarez surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 101,949 people carried this name — #306 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,890 people counted. That is up 48% from 68,785 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Juarez surname
Anglicization of Spanish Juárez.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Juarez» (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 134,892 people named Juarez 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 200 people named Juarez.
Most of them — 106 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Hérault.
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
70 people named Juarez live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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
30 people named Juarez 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
Juarez in American newspapers,
1911–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 159,891 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Juarez,
with a public archive behind them.
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Josephine Eloy Juarez 1881–1963
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Leandro Juarez 1884–
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Victoria Dolores Juarez 1890–1951
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Horacio Juarez 1901–1977 · sculptor
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Benito Juarez 1933–2020 · conductor
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Fanny Celina Juarez 1940–
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Juarez.
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