The Maestre surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 746 people carried this name — #31,107 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 25% from 595 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 899 people named Maestre 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 271 people named Maestre.
94 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Hérault.
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
29 people named Maestre live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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.
Who carried it
People named Maestre,
with a public archive behind them.
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Amalio Maestre 1812–1872 · mining engineer -
Tomás Maestre 1857–1936 · physician -
José Maestre Pérez 1866–1933 · politician -
Francisco Maestre Laborde-Boix 1872–1920 · politician -
Francisco Maestre Gomez Medievela 1900– · politician -
José María Maestre Cuello d. 2006
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maestre.
- 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
- Maes 6,033 · U.S. census
- Maestri 657 · U.S. census
- Maestro 200 · U.S. census
- Maffei 2,187 · U.S. census
- Maffeo 708 · U.S. census
- Maffioli 116 · U.S. census
- Magalhaes 1,119 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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