The Navarro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 99,807 people carried this name — #315 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,960 people counted. That is up 35% from 73,970 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Navarro surname
Borrowed from Spanish Navarro, from navarro, demonym of Navarra, from Basque Nafarroa.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Navarro» (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 96,450 people named Navarro 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 4,959 people named Navarro.
2,287 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 87 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
726 people named Navarro live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 the Nordic population registers
134 people named Navarro 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
Navarro in American newspapers,
1891–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 99,266 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Navarro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Manuel Navarro 1791–1852 -
Francisco Navarro 1801–1949 · politician -
Octaviano Navarro 1826–1884 · military personnel -
Miguel Navarro Viola 1830–1890 · politician -
Juan Navarro Reverter 1844–1924 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 227 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Navarro.
- Naval 713 · U.S. census
- Navar 1,042 · U.S. census
- Navarette 1,558 · U.S. census
- Navarra 1,842 · U.S. census
- Navarre 3,030 · U.S. census
- Navarrete 24,259 · U.S. census
- Navas 4,953 · U.S. census
- Nave 4,946 · U.S. census
- Navel 134 · U.S. census
- Naves 628 · U.S. census
- Naville 198 · U.S. census
- Nawrocki 2,551 · U.S. census
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