The Patino surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 21,113 people carried this name — #1,705 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,000 people counted. That is up 41% from 14,929 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Patino surname
From the Portuguese for “duckling”.
From Portuguese patinho (“duckling”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (es.wiktionary.org, the Spanish edition) — entry «Patiño», by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · translated from Spanish and condensed.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 9,235 people named Patino 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
104 people named Patino live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 37 people named Patino.
Most of them — 20 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Ariège.
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
Patino in American newspapers,
1914–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,471 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Patino in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1980s.
222 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Patino. The most, 148, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.7 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Patino.
In the public record
People named Patino,
in the records of 3 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 States372 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 257
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 49
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 40
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Trinidad PatinoBorn 1916 in Texas. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Sam Houston; construction laborer from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Valentino PATINòArrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Vincenzo Florio from Genoa and Palermo, aged 24; locksmith. From S. Margherita, Trento, Italy; bound for Brooklyn.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Pablo PatinoBorn 1935; from Powell, Wyoming. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
Showing 3 of 372 records for Patino 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).
France15 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Gerard PatinoBorn 1948 in Pamiers; died 1999 in Le Vernet (Ariège).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Rosaria PatinoBorn 1906 in Italy; died 1997 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Isidore PatinoBorn 1920 in Algeria; died 1998 in Saint-Tropez (Var).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 15 records for Patino 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).
Germany2 records
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Example: German casualty list, 1918 Casualty list Clemens PatinoFrom Runowo. Listed as returned from captivity in the Prussian casualty list of 9 September 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 49).
Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
Showing 1 of 2 records for Patino in Germany.
Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Patino.
- Pater 1,099 · U.S. census
- Paternoster 907 · U.S. census
- Paterson 7,035 · U.S. census
- Patey 313 · U.S. census
- Patient 558 · U.S. census
- Patin 2,996 · U.S. census
- Paton 3,059 · U.S. census
- Patout 190 · U.S. census
- Patras 444 · U.S. census
- Patri 222 · U.S. census
- Patriarca 513 · U.S. census
- Patrice 254 · U.S. census
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