The Olivares surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,982 people carried this name — #1,490 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,300 people counted. That is up 42% from 16,857 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 12,669 people named Olivares 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 307 people named Olivares.
129 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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
89 people named Olivares live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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/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
105 people named Olivares is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Olivares in American newspapers,
1910–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,584 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Olivares,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Maria Olivares 1873–1943 · Catholic priest -
María Luisa García-Tello Olivares 1931– · writer -
Helenita Olivares 1936–2024 · opera singer -
Ed Olivares 1938–2022 · baseball player -
Luis Olivares 1939–2024 · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 152 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Olivares.
- Oliger 375 · U.S. census
- Olin 4,163 · U.S. census
- Olinger 5,732 · U.S. census
- Oliva 19,513 · U.S. census
- Olivan 580 · U.S. census
- Olivar 1,456 · U.S. census
- Olivari 258 · U.S. census
- Olive 5,712 · U.S. census
- Oliveira 19,055 · U.S. census
- Oliver 115,900 · U.S. census
- Olivera 9,108 · U.S. census
- Oliveras 2,591 · U.S. census
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