The Posada surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,454 people carried this name — #4,751 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,500 people counted. That is up 36% from 5,469 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,583 people named Posada 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 565
Córdoba 343
City of Buenos Aires 197
Salta 176
Tucumán 63
Jujuy 61
Santa Fe 51
Mendoza 28

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

33 people named Posada live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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 13
Zurich 11
Bern 3
Fribourg 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.

Who carried it

People named Posada,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ramón Posada y Soto
    Ramón Posada y Soto 1746–1815 · writer
  • Antonio de Posada Rubín de Celis
    Antonio de Posada Rubín de Celis 1768–1853 · politician
  • José María Posada
    José María Posada 1817–1886 · writer
  • José Guadalupe Posada
    José Guadalupe Posada 1852–1913 · illustrator
  • Adolfo González Posada
    Adolfo González Posada 1860–1944 · writer
  • Antonio de Posada Rubín de Celis 1768–1853 · politician

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 Posada,
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 States176 records

176 records of the Posada name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 139
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 20
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 11
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Adolfo M. Posada

    Born 1906 in Mexico. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; porter from El Paso County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1958, 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. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wojciech Posada

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1891 aboard the Stuttgart from Bremen, aged 28; laborer. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Fernando Posada

    U.S. Coast Guard veteran of World War II. Born 1891, died 1968; buried at Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Puerto Rico.

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

Showing 3 of 176 records for Posada 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France5 records

5 records of the Posada 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 Marco Posada

    Born 1964 in Spain; died 1991 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).

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

    Born 1945 in Algeria; died 1995 in Paris.

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

    Born 1905 in Spain; died 1991 in Hyères (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Posada 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).

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Surnames next to Posada.

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