The Padron surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,114 people carried this name — #2,751 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,500 people counted. That is up 40% from 9,359 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,807 people named Padron 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 996
City of Buenos Aires 276
Santa Fe 155
Chaco 111
Mendoza 42
Entre Ríos 41
Córdoba 37
San Luis 30

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

21 people named Padron live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 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

Geneva 10
Zurich 7
Basel-Stadt 4

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 print

Padron in American newspapers,
1914–1915.

Newspaper page from Perth Amboy Evening News carrying the name Padron
Perth Amboy Evening News 1914-06-29
Newspaper page from Newark Evening Star And Newark Advertiser carrying the name Padron
Newark Evening Star And Newark Advertiser 1915-09-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,935 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Padron,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rodolfo Padron 1927–2007 · amateur wrestler

Wikidata (CC0) · 2 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Padron,
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 States245 records

245 records of the Padron name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 155
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 38
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 23
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Felix Padron

    Born 1910 in Mexico. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; bellman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Lupe R. Padron

    Born 1931; from Castro County, Texas. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Frederic Padron

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the La Champagne from Havre, aged 46; cook. From France; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 245 records for Padron 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) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France5 records

5 records of the Padron name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Angel Padron

    Born 1917 in Spain; died 2000 in Saint-Paul (La Réunion).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Denise Padron

    Born 1921 in Paris; died 2000 in Yvoy-le-Marron (Loir-et-Cher).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Francisco Padron

    Born 1960 in Saint-Julien-en-Born; died 1985 in Saint-Julien-en-Born (Landes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Padron 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).

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