The Quesada surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,603 people carried this name — #4,880 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 481 people named Quesada.
Most of them — 279 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Quesada live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Quesada in American newspapers,
1898–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,572 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Quesada,
with a public archive behind them.
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Isidro Quesada 1802–1876 · military personnel -
Jenaro Quesada, 1st Marquis of Miravalles 1818–1889 · politician -
Vicente Gregorio Quesada 1830–1913 · writer -
Manuel de Quesada y Loynaz 1833–1884 · military personnel -
Ernesto Quesada 1858–1934 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 138 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Quesada.
- Querin 155 · U.S. census
- Querio 162 · U.S. census
- Quero 507 · U.S. census
- Querol 124 · U.S. census
- Querry 1,055 · U.S. census
- Query 1,177 · U.S. census
- Quesnel 758 · U.S. census
- Quest 686 · U.S. census
- Questel 154 · U.S. census
- Quevedo 5,607 · U.S. census
- Quevillon 108 · U.S. census
- Quiles 5,654 · U.S. census
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