The Pedraza surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,748 people carried this name — #2,829 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,100 people counted. That is up 44% from 8,828 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 14,504 people named Pedraza 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
48 people named Pedraza 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
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 46 people named Pedraza.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.
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
Pedraza in American newspapers,
1828–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,459 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pedraza,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Pedraza Ostos 1880–1938 · poster artist -
José Pedraza Ostos 1880–1937 · poster artist
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Ángel Pedraza Móriz 1889–1961 · teacher -
José Pedraza Ostos 1889–1938 · poster artist
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José Pedraza Ostos 1889–1937 · poster artist
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Julio Adaias Pedraza d. 2008
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 Pedraza,
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 States193 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 127
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 37
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 25
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Ruben PedrazaBorn 1909 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1945, 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 Florencio G. PedrazaBorn 1930; from Cameron 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) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Ernesto Diaz PedrazaU.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1952, died 1982; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 193 records for Pedraza 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).
France11 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Hermine Juana PedrazaBorn 1932 in Spain; died 1997 in Moulins (Allier).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Joseph PedrazaBorn 1925 in Sète (Hérault); died 2001 in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Nathalie Patricia PedrazaBorn 1965 in La Garenne-Colombes (Paris); died 1996 in Maisons-Laffitte (Yvelines).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 11 records for Pedraza 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 Pedraza.
- Peden 4,716 · U.S. census
- Pedersen 20,135 · U.S. census
- Pederson 14,370 · U.S. census
- Pedigo 4,804 · U.S. census
- Pedini 173 · U.S. census
- Pedone 1,230 · U.S. census
- Pedre 137 · U.S. census
- Pedrero 283 · U.S. census
- Pedretti 624 · U.S. census
- Pedrini 143 · U.S. census
- Pedro 6,649 · U.S. census
- Pedron 243 · U.S. census
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