The Perdomo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,058 people carried this name — #3,548 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,300 people counted. That is up 54% from 6,544 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Perdomo surname

A surname from French.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Perdomo» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,757 people named Perdomo 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 1,269
City of Buenos Aires 547
Entre Ríos 221
Santa Fe 136
Chubut 103
Córdoba 97
Corrientes 87
Río Negro 75

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

62 people named Perdomo live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 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

Geneva 15
Zurich 12
Ticino 11
Aargau 8
Basel-Stadt 6
Solothurn 4
Bern 3
Vaud 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 the Nordic population registers

27 people named Perdomo is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 27

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).

In print

Perdomo in American newspapers,
1902–1908.

Newspaper page from The Brownsville Daily Herald carrying the name Perdomo
The Brownsville Daily Herald 1908-07-31
Newspaper page from The Brownsville Daily Herald carrying the name Perdomo
The Brownsville Daily Herald 1908-07-24
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Perdomo
The San Francisco Call 1902-10-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,116 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Perdomo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eneas Perdomo 1930–2011 · composer
  • Santiago Perdomo 1934–2011 · teacher
  • Ricardo Perdomo 1960–2022 · association football coach

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Perdomo,
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 States88 records

88 records of the Perdomo name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 66
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Kris Mitchell Perdomo

    Born 1948; from Newport Beach, California. U.S. Army, utility helicopter repairer; killed in action 1970 in Vinh Binh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Louis O. Perdomo

    Born 1916 in Florida. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Blanding; kitchen worker from Hillsborough County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Enrichetta Perdomo

    Arrived at New York in 1906 aboard the La Touraine from Havre, aged 25. From Alessandria, Italy.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 88 records for Perdomo 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France3 records

3 records of the Perdomo 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 Carmen Perdomo

    Born 1894 in Marseille; died 1979 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Perdomo 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).

When the index is not enough

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