The Madrid surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,854 people carried this name — #1,364 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,400 people counted. That is up 24% from 20,834 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 6,185 people named Madrid 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 167 people named Madrid.
54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 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
68 people named Madrid live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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
36 people named Madrid 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
Madrid in American newspapers,
1898–1949.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 629,859 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Madrid,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Madrid Villatoro 1889–1957 · bullfighter -
Carmen Madrid 1901– · actor -
Serafín Madrid 1925–1972 -
Art Madrid 1935–2025 · politician -
Demetrio Madrid López 1936– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 69 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Madrid.
- Madon 260 · U.S. census
- Madonia 1,194 · U.S. census
- Madonna 1,658 · U.S. census
- Madore 2,658 · U.S. census
- Madray 382 · U.S. census
- Madre 118 · U.S. census
- Madru 145 · U.S. census
- Madry 987 · U.S. census
- Mady 426 · U.S. census
- Maeder 976 · U.S. census
- Maerten 110 · U.S. census
- Maertens 522 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Madrid is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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