The Miranda surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 93,628 people carried this name — #330 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,150 people counted. That is up 38% from 67,646 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Miranda surname
From the Romance (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian habitational surname) Miranda. The common noun and verb are after the case Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), after Ernesto Miranda.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Miranda» (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 97,173 people named Miranda 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
1,298 people named Miranda live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 593 people named Miranda.
289 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Miranda live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
148 people named Miranda are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Miranda in American newspapers,
1806–1941.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 67,322 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Miranda,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco de Sá de Miranda 1481–1558 · writer -
Juan de Miranda 1723–1805 · painter -
Francisco de Miranda 1750–1816 · writer -
Fernando Miranda 1842–1925 · sculptor -
Juana Miranda 1842–1914 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 198 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Miranda.
- Mirabile 1,147 · U.S. census
- Miraglia 1,495 · U.S. census
- Miralles 548 · U.S. census
- Miramon 332 · U.S. census
- Miran 228 · U.S. census
- Mirand 144 · U.S. census
- Mirande 145 · U.S. census
- Miras 197 · U.S. census
- Mire 2,924 · U.S. census
- Miret 232 · U.S. census
- Miri 198 · U.S. census
- Mirkovic 303 · U.S. census
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