The Pastor surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,647 people carried this name — #4,642 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,600 people counted. That is up 23% from 6,214 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pastor surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From pastor (“shepherd”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pastor» (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 4,431 people named Pastor 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 2,355 people named Pastor.
1,076 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 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 Poland’s population register
984 people named Pastor have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,098 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
206 people named Pastor 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
36 people named Pastor 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
Pastor in American newspapers,
1903–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,901,474 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pastor,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adam Pastor 1500–1560 · writer -
Juan Pastor 1550–1664 · Catholic priest -
Esteban Pastor 1776–1865 · military personnel -
Ramón Pastor Llorens d. 1999 · military personnel
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Leandro Tomás Pastor d. 1903 · poet
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Julio César Pastor Córdova d. 1999 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pastor.
- Passeri 312 · U.S. census
- Passerini 246 · U.S. census
- Passini 334 · U.S. census
- Pastel 169 · U.S. census
- Pasternak 2,329 · U.S. census
- Pasteur 294 · U.S. census
- Pastore 4,112 · U.S. census
- Pastorelli 235 · U.S. census
- Pastorello 221 · U.S. census
- Pastori 170 · U.S. census
- Pastorino 482 · U.S. census
- Pastre 143 · U.S. census
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