The Pozo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,482 people carried this name — #12,491 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 119,000 people counted. That is up 36% from 1,830 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,268 people named Pozo 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 168 people named Pozo.
Most of them — 96 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Gironde.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
80 people named Pozo live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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
Pozo in American newspapers,
1898–1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 22,772 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pozo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Chano Pozo 1915–1948 · composer -
Hans Pozo d. 2006
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Cristina Pozo d. 1993
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Alonso del Pozo y Silva 1669–1745 · Catholic priest
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El Mochuelo 1868–1937 · singer
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Raymond Pozo 1890– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pozo.
When the index is not enough
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