The Ledesma surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,311 people carried this name — #1,768 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,500 people counted. That is up 35% from 15,077 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 117,717 people named Ledesma 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
66 people named Ledesma live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Ledesma.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 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 print
Ledesma in American newspapers,
1907–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,015 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ledesma,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicolás Ledesma 1791–1883 · composer -
Leonor Frederick Ledesma 1852–1941 · politician -
Antonio Ledesma Hernández 1856–1937 · writer -
Ramón Ledesma Hernández 1857– · politician -
Blas de Ledesma 1501–1616 · painter
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Miquel Jeroni Lledesma 1510–1547 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ledesma.
- Lede 113 · U.S. census
- Ledee 537 · U.S. census
- Leder 1,231 · U.S. census
- Lederer 2,710 · U.S. census
- Lederle 228 · U.S. census
- Ledermann 265 · U.S. census
- Ledet 4,725 · U.S. census
- Ledig 113 · U.S. census
- Ledin 618 · U.S. census
- Ledo 701 · U.S. census
- Ledogar 114 · U.S. census
- Ledon 331 · U.S. census
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