The Linares surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,688 people carried this name — #1,820 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,000 people counted. That is up 54% from 12,799 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Linares surname
From linares (“flax fields”). Outside of Spain, variously named for Spanish cities or for Spanish nobles bearing the name in their primary titles.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Linares» (Spanish), 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 10,356 people named Linares 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 531 people named Linares.
216 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Dordogne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
215 people named Linares live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
Who carried it
People named Linares,
with a public archive behind them.
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José María Linares 1808–1861 · politician -
Aureliano Linares Rivas 1841–1903 · lawyer -
Arsenio Linares y Pombo 1848–1914 · military personnel -
Manuel Linares-Rivas 1866–1938 · politician -
Germán Linares Gutiérrez d. 1999 · politician
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Francisco Segundo Linares Galarce d. 1974 · chauffeur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Linares.
- Limoges 514 · U.S. census
- Limon 14,472 · U.S. census
- Limone 293 · U.S. census
- Lin 79,508 · U.S. census
- Lina 432 · U.S. census
- Linard 199 · U.S. census
- Linas 100 · U.S. census
- Linck 1,267 · U.S. census
- Lind 14,990 · U.S. census
- Lindauer 1,692 · U.S. census
- Linde 2,826 · U.S. census
- Lindemann 4,438 · U.S. census
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