The Ledezma surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,721 people carried this name — #3,659 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,300 people counted. That is up 49% from 6,512 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 9,479 people named Ledezma 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 3,822
Córdoba 1,237
City of Buenos Aires 805
Corrientes 722
Chaco 373
Santa Fe 311
Mendoza 284
San Luis 256

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

28 people named Ledezma live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 8
Zurich 6
Aargau 5
Geneva 5
Nidwalden 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

Ledezma in American newspapers,
1920.

Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Ledezma
La Prensa 1920-02-21
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Ledezma
La Prensa 1920-02-02
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Ledezma
La Prensa 1920-02-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Ledezma,
with a public archive behind them.

  • José Ledezma 1934–2025 · choreographer

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ledezma,
in the records of the United States.

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 States70 records

70 records of the Ledezma name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 64
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 3
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Juan P. Ledezma

    Born 1922 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Fresno; farm hand from Merced County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Panfilo M. Ledezma

    U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Born 1912, died 1974; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Dolores V. Ledezma

    Born 1893 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in San Antonio, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 70 records for Ledezma in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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