The Quijano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,110 people carried this name — #6,628 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,800 people counted. That is up 39% from 3,689 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,055 people named Quijano 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Quijano live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
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
Quijano in American newspapers,
1922–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,005 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Quijano in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1980s.
31 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Quijano. The most, 19, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Quijano.
Who carried it
People named Quijano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Manuel Quijano 1701–1838 · musician -
Fernando Quijano 1805–1871 · actor -
José María Quijano Wallis 1847–1922 · lawyer -
Hortensio Quijano 1884–1952 · lawyer -
Jerónimo Quijano 1500–1563 · architect
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José María Quijano Mosquera 1778–1816 · captain
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Quijano,
in the records of 3 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 States159 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 103
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 25
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 24
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Humberto QuijanoBorn 1906 in Mexico. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; manager from El Paso County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1980, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Victor M. QuijanoU.S. Air Force veteran. Born 1965, died 1992; buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.
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Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Natividad QuijanoBorn 1887 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Maricopa County, Arizona, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 159 records for Quijano 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. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).
France8 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Joseph QuijanoBorn 1935 in Bayonne; died 1994 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Salustiana Gregoria QuijanoBorn 1908 in Spain; died 1999 in Creil (Oise).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jean Marc Pascal QuijanoBorn 1952 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz; died 1998 in Ciboure (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 8 records for Quijano in France.
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).
Australia1 record
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Lidia Esther QuijanoOf Footscray, Victoria; died 1998.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Quijano.
- Quevedo 8,064 · U.S. census
- Quevillon 115 · U.S. census
- Quezada 25,752 · U.S. census
- Quick 25,091 · U.S. census
- Quigley 17,121 · U.S. census
- Quijada 4,908 · U.S. census
- Quiles 6,858 · U.S. census
- Quilez 105 · U.S. census
- Quilici 627 · U.S. census
- Quillen 5,989 · U.S. census
- Quimby 4,628 · U.S. census
- Quin 1,462 · U.S. census
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