The Oviedo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,145 people carried this name — #4,362 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,200 people counted. That is up 47% from 5,540 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 59,681 people named Oviedo 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
78 people named Oviedo live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 37 people named Oviedo.
Most of them — 23 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
Oviedo in American newspapers,
1898–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,039 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Oviedo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan Oviedo 1821–1885 · lawyer -
Eladio Oviedo Arce 1864–1918 · writer -
Juan de Oviedo d. 1566 · composer
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Pedro de Oviedo Falconi 1577–1649 · Catholic priest
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Enrique Oviedo Blanco 1910–1950 · resistance fighter
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Carlos Oviedo Cavada 1927–1998 · historian
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Oviedo,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States138 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 108
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 16
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 5
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Raymond P. OviedoBorn 1924 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California, from Los Angeles County, California. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Michael Leslie OviedoBorn 1949; from Phoenix, Arizona. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1969 in Phuoc Long, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Michael Joseph OviedoU.S. Navy veteran. Born 1956, died 2001; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 138 records for Oviedo in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France19 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Gilles Joel OviedoBorn 1952 in Résigny; died 1971 in Résigny (Aisne).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Modeste OviedoBorn 1915 in Spain; died 2000 in Lodève (Hérault).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Marie Therese OviedoBorn 1921 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône); died 1993 in Hyères (Var).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 19 records for Oviedo in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Oviedo.
- Ovalle 7,698 · U.S. census
- Overby 6,311 · U.S. census
- Overman 5,396 · U.S. census
- Overstreet 12,342 · U.S. census
- Overton 18,820 · U.S. census
- Ovide 126 · U.S. census
- Owczarczak 149 · U.S. census
- Owczarek 223 · U.S. census
- Owen 61,630 · U.S. census
- Owens 182,719 · U.S. census
- Oxendine 7,139 · U.S. census
- Oxford 4,509 · U.S. census
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