The Pulido surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,942 people carried this name — #1,894 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,600 people counted. That is up 34% from 14,151 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pulido surname
From Spanish Pulido, from pulido.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pulido» (English), 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 1,915 people named Pulido 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 106 people named Pulido.
Most of them — 66 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 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
90 people named Pulido live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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
Pulido in American newspapers,
1922–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,224 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pulido,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adrián Pulido Pareja 1606–1660 · military personnel -
Ramón Pulido 1867–1936 · painter -
Delfín Pulido 1897–1986 · stage actor -
Óscar Pulido 1906–1974 · actor -
Justo María Pulido 1799–1899 · military leader
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Ángel Pulido Fernández 1852–1932 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pulido.
- Puglisi 2,550 · U.S. census
- Puig 2,198 · U.S. census
- Pujol 1,074 · U.S. census
- Pujols 1,153 · U.S. census
- Pulcini 463 · U.S. census
- Puleo 3,115 · U.S. census
- Pull 126 · U.S. census
- Puntel 115 · U.S. census
- Puppo 254 · U.S. census
- Putman 9,058 · U.S. census
- Putz 2,033 · U.S. census
- Puzo 243 · U.S. census
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