The Quezada surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,752 people carried this name — #1,372 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,500 people counted. That is up 42% from 18,107 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Quezada surname

From Spanish, variant of Quesada.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Quezada» (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 3,217 people named Quezada 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 Neuquén.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Neuquén 877
Buenos Aires Province 747
Río Negro 525
City of Buenos Aires 321
Mendoza 287
Chubut 140
Córdoba 68
Santa Cruz 59

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

77 people named Quezada live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 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

Zurich 17
Valais 12
Geneva 12
Fribourg 8
Vaud 7
Ticino 4
Neuchâtel 4
Bern 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.

In the Nordic population registers

39 people named Quezada is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 39

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Quezada in American newspapers,
1860–1911.

Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-Rico carrying the name Quezada
Gazeta De Puerto-Rico 1860-07-19
Newspaper page from The Desmet Leader carrying the name Quezada
The Desmet Leader 1890-05-17
Newspaper page from The Ekalaka Eagle carrying the name Quezada
The Ekalaka Eagle 1911-11-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 731 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Quezada,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Armando Quezada Acharán
    Armando Quezada Acharán 1873–1936 · lawyer
  • Antonio Quezada Urzúa
    Antonio Quezada Urzúa 1907–1979
  • Abel Quezada
    Abel Quezada 1920–1991 · writer
  • Noemí Quezada
    Noemí Quezada 1939–2003 · historian

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Antonio Quezada Urzúa: Emilio Romero, CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0); Abel Quezada: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0); Noemí Quezada: Felippe, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 66 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Quezada,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States249 records

249 records of the Quezada name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 204
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 25
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 16
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Paul C. Quezada

    Born 1919 in Kansas. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; crane operator. U.S. Army veteran; died 1943, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Arthur Quezada

    Born 1944; from Trona, California. U.S. Army, parachutist; killed in action 1968 in Lam Dong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Samuel R. Quezada

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 2000; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 249 records for Quezada in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France3 records

3 records of the Quezada name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Andre Ange Quezada

    Born 1925 in Algeria; died 1990 in Ollioules (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Odile Marie Quezada

    Born 1941 in Algeria; died 2000 in Toulon (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Louis Albert Quezada

    Born 1945 in Chile; died 1995 in Chile.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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