Poveda surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Poveda surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 901 people carried this name — #26,932 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 27% from 711 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 923 people named Poveda 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 534
City of Buenos Aires 182
Córdoba 44
Santa Fe 32
Chubut 31
Tucumán 27
Río Negro 24
Mendoza 21

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 378 people named Poveda.

Most of them — 218 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 218
Hauts-de-Seine 33
Hérault 19
Essonne 19
Bouches-du-Rhône 16
Gard 14
Tarn 6
Aude 6
Loiret 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

25 people named Poveda live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 7
Fribourg 5
Ticino 5
Geneva 4
Zurich 4

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 Poveda,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pedro Poveda Castroverde
    Pedro Poveda Castroverde 1874–1936 · writer
  • Alfredo Poveda
    Alfredo Poveda 1926–1990 · politician
  • José Poveda Murcia 1910–1982 · politician
  • José María Poveda Ariño 1918–1994 · politician
  • Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez 1920–1993 · Catholic bishop
  • Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez 1925–1993 · Catholic bishop

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

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