The Pedro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,649 people carried this name — #5,246 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,400 people counted. That is up 30% from 5,134 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,718 people named Pedro 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
453 people named Pedro live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 379 people named Pedro.
158 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Morbihan.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 123 people named Pedro live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
92 people named Pedro are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Pedro in American newspapers,
1868–1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 449,975 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pedro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Felix Pedro 1858–1910 · explorer -
Agustín Pedro Pons 1898–1971 · physician -
Gabriel Pedro 1898–1975 · writer
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José Gomes Pedro 1915–2010 · botanical collector
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Salifou-Boni Pedro 1923– · politician
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Georges Pédro 1929–2019 · researcher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pedro.
- 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
- Pedron 243 · U.S. census
- Pedroni 233 · U.S. census
- Pedrosa 1,572 · U.S. census
- Pedrotti 438 · U.S. census
- Peduzzi 326 · U.S. census
- Pee 616 · U.S. census
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