The Pedroza surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,918 people carried this name — #3,297 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,000 people counted. That is up 37% from 7,976 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,619 people named Pedroza 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 634
Entre Ríos 254
Salta 195
Mendoza 153
City of Buenos Aires 107
Santa Fe 56
Tucumán 48
Chaco 45

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 Pedroza live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 10
Basel-Landschaft 4
Basel-Stadt 4
Zurich 3

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

Pedroza in American newspapers,
1907–1929.

Newspaper page from La Democracia carrying the name Pedroza
La Democracia 1907-10-28
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Pedroza
La Prensa 1919-12-25
Newspaper page from The Daily Alaska Empire carrying the name Pedroza
The Daily Alaska Empire 1929-08-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 437 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Pedroza,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eusebio Pedroza
    Eusebio Pedroza 1956–2019 · boxer
  • Aristeo Pedroza 1850–1929
  • Alfonso Pedroza 1897–1960 · actor

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 Pedroza,
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 States248 records

248 records of the Pedroza name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 182
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 34
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 26
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Pedro G. Pedroza

    Born 1926 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; farm hand from El Paso County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Angel O. Pedroza

    Born 1930; from Los Angeles County, California. U.S. Army; died of wounds 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Joseph Nasario Pedroza

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1941, died 2001; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 248 records for Pedroza 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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).

France4 records

4 records of the Pedroza 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 Jacqueline Antoinette Pedroza

    Born 1935 in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne); died 1985 in Médière (Doubs).

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

    Born 1908 in Portugal; died 1998 in Audenge (Gironde).

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

    Born 1933 in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne); died 1998 in Préchac (Gers).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Pedroza 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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Pedroza name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Clement Pedroza

    Sailed from Victoria in 1858 aboard the Invincible, bound for Liverpool, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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