The Pelayo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,402 people carried this name — #4,218 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,100 people counted. That is up 39% from 6,054 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,406 people named Pelayo 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 112 people named Pelayo.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Paris.
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
Pelayo in American newspapers,
1840–1851.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,555 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pelayo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ramón Pelayo de la Torriente 1850–1932 · businessperson -
Eduardo Pelayo 1850–1901 · painter -
Nicasio Pelayo d. 1999 · politician
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Miguel Pelayo 1880–1957 · poet
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Alphonse Pelayo 1889–1964 · resistance fighter
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Baudelio Pelayo Brambila 1900–1975 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pelayo.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pelayo is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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