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The Puig surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,198 people carried this name — #13,764 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 133,300 people counted. That is up 14% from 1,926 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Puig surname

A surname from Catalan.

Borrowed from Catalan.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Puig» (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 2,910 people named Puig 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 1,204
Santa Fe 405
Entre Ríos 309
City of Buenos Aires 253
Córdoba 210
Tucumán 140
Chaco 69
Mendoza 57

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 1,312 people named Puig.

295 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 295
Pyrénées-Orientales 521
Hérault 57
Paris 43
Aude 42
Haute-Garonne 41
Bouches-du-Rhône 27
Essonne 19
Loire-Atlantique 18

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

87 people named Puig live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 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 30
Vaud 18
Zurich 10
Valais 9
Bern 7
Neuchâtel 4
Basel-Landschaft 3
Fribourg 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 print

Puig in American newspapers,
1929–1930.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Puig
El Tucsonense 1930-03-20
Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Puig
La Opinión 1929-07-16
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Puig
El Tucsonense 1929-08-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,879 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Puig,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Miquel Puig Castelló d. 2019 · politician
  • Francisco Puig Mestre d. 1980 · guardia civil
  • Joan Puig i Danés d. 1883 · organ builder
  • Josep Puig Moliné d. 1936
  • Margarida Puig d. 1620
  • Eulàlia Puig Braga d. 1620

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

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