The Mesquita surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 954 people carried this name — #25,810 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 15% from 827 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
381 people named Mesquita live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 81 people named Mesquita 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 77 people named Mesquita.
Most of them — 52 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Essonne.
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
Mesquita in American newspapers,
1857–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 533 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mesquita,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marcelino Mesquita 1856–1919 · writer -
Geraldo Gurgel de Mesquita 1919–2009 · politician -
Lourenço Camelo de Mesquita 1926–1977 · taxi driver -
Ivan Mesquita 1932–2011 · actor
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Fernando César Mesquita 1938– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 69 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mesquita.
- Merz 4,321 · U.S. census
- Mesa 13,566 · U.S. census
- Mesbah 133 · U.S. census
- Meschi 153 · U.S. census
- Mesmer 701 · U.S. census
- Mesnard 314 · U.S. census
- Messana 497 · U.S. census
- Messer 20,306 · U.S. census
- Messerli 377 · U.S. census
- Messier 4,413 · U.S. census
- Messina 12,717 · U.S. census
- Messmer 2,933 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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