The Naranjo surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 11,946 people carried this name — #2,772 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,600 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
81 people named Naranjo live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 77 people named Naranjo.
Most of them — 45 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Vaucluse.
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
Naranjo in American newspapers,
1877–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,229 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Naranjo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Santiago Naranjo 1856–1945 -
Plutarco Naranjo Vargas 1921–2012 · physician -
Floy Agnes Lee 1922–2018 · biologist -
José Naranjo 1926–2012 · association football player -
Carmen Naranjo 1928–2012 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 69 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Naranjo.
- Napoletano 316 · U.S. census
- Napoli 4,958 · U.S. census
- Napolitano 7,034 · U.S. census
- Nappe 188 · U.S. census
- Nappi 2,403 · U.S. census
- Naquin 4,288 · U.S. census
- Narcisse 2,250 · U.S. census
- Nard 890 · U.S. census
- Nardella 901 · U.S. census
- Nardelli 672 · U.S. census
- Nardi 2,954 · U.S. census
- Nardin 270 · U.S. census
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