The Maturana surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 275 people carried this name — #71,042 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 47% from 187 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,363 people named Maturana 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 54 people named Maturana.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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
20 people named Maturana live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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.
Who carried it
People named Maturana,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marcos Segundo Maturana 1830–1892 · military personnel -
José de Maturana 1884–1917 · poet -
Olga Maturana 1906–1973 · politician -
Eleonora Maturana 1884–1931 · nun
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Eleonora Maturana 1884–1931 · nun
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Silvia Maturana 1901– · film director
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maturana.
- Mattioni 112 · U.S. census
- Mattler 106 · U.S. census
- Mattlin 202 · U.S. census
- Matton 431 · U.S. census
- Mattone 174 · U.S. census
- Matura 400 · U.S. census
- Matusiak 646 · U.S. census
- Matuszak 1,369 · U.S. census
- Matuszczak 172 · U.S. census
- Matuszewski 1,293 · U.S. census
- Matysiak 207 · U.S. census
- Matz 5,143 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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