The Padilla surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 105,365 people carried this name — #293 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,800 people counted. That is up 29% from 81,805 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Padilla surname
From a municipality called Padilla de Abajo.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Padilla» (Spanish), 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 20,663 people named Padilla 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 391 people named Padilla.
Most of them — 214 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 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
207 people named Padilla live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 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
41 people named Padilla 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).
Who carried it
People named Padilla,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Prudencio Padilla 1784–1828 · politician -
Mariano Padilla y Ramos 1843–1906 · composer -
Matías Padilla 1851–1899 · military personnel -
Chocolat 1865–1917 · clown -
Enrique Padilla 1890–1966 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 238 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Padilla.
- Pack 18,678 · U.S. census
- Paco 403 · U.S. census
- Paczkowski 896 · U.S. census
- Pade 174 · U.S. census
- Padel 105 · U.S. census
- Pader 142 · U.S. census
- Padovan 177 · U.S. census
- Padovani 459 · U.S. census
- Padre 265 · U.S. census
- Paez 10,433 · U.S. census
- Paga 173 · U.S. census
- Pagan 23,474 · U.S. census
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