The Maldonado surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 121,526 people carried this name — #249 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,430 people counted. That is up 38% from 88,016 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Maldonado surname
From a nickname which was a compound of mal and donado.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Maldonado» (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 94,140 people named Maldonado 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 423 people named Maldonado.
Most of them — 242 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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
200 people named Maldonado live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
38 people named Maldonado 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
Maldonado in American newspapers,
1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,738 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Maldonado,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Maldonado 1480–1521 · captain -
Juan Maldonado 1525–1572 · military personnel -
Juan Maldonado 1533–1583 · university teacher -
Pedro Vicente Maldonado 1700–1748 · astronomer -
Joaquín Maldonado Macanaz 1833–1901 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 205 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maldonado.
- Malas 268 · U.S. census
- Malaspina 355 · U.S. census
- Malaterre 164 · U.S. census
- Malatesta 1,358 · U.S. census
- Malaty 109 · U.S. census
- Malcuit 237 · U.S. census
- Male 1,773 · U.S. census
- Malec 1,819 · U.S. census
- Malecki 1,751 · U.S. census
- Malek 4,780 · U.S. census
- Malen 297 · U.S. census
- Malenfant 711 · U.S. census
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