The Medrano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 40,261 people carried this name — #858 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,330 people counted. That is up 37% from 29,386 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Medrano surname
From Spanish, of Basque origin.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Medrano» (English), 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 13,646 people named Medrano 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
89 people named Medrano live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 88 people named Medrano.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Aude.
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 print
Medrano in American newspapers,
1846–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,767 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Medrano,
with a public archive behind them.
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María Josefa Medrano de Uribe 1759–1899 · city founder -
Mariano Medrano 1767–1851 · Catholic priest -
Diego Medrano y Treviño 1784–1853 · military personnel -
José María Medrano 1806–1863 · politician -
Manuel María Camacho Medrano 1899–1952
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 74 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Medrano.
- Mediavilla 302 · U.S. census
- Medici 871 · U.S. census
- Medico 512 · U.S. census
- Medin 370 · U.S. census
- Medina 188,497 · U.S. census
- Medinger 468 · U.S. census
- Meersman 256 · U.S. census
- Meert 255 · U.S. census
- Mees 997 · U.S. census
- Megel 169 · U.S. census
- Meger 318 · U.S. census
- Meglio 376 · U.S. census
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