The Quiroz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 27,452 people carried this name — #1,280 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,700 people counted. That is up 41% from 19,507 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Quiroz surname
Borrowed from Spanish Quiroz, variant of Quiros.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Quiroz» (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 29,896 people named Quiroz 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
67 people named Quiroz live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 the Nordic population registers
23 people named Quiroz is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Quiroz in American newspapers,
1904–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,114 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Quiroz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eusebio Quiroz Paz-Soldán 1940–2023 · historian
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Eusebio Quiroz Paz-Soldán: Marlalo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) · 78 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Quiroz,
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 States517 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 371
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 89
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 48
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Santiago QuirozBorn 1931; from El Paso County, Texas. U.S. Army, pioneer; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Gregorio U. QuirozBorn 1916 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; apprentice. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.
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 Genaro QuirozU.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1888, died 1961; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 517 records for Quiroz 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France1 record
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Juana QuirozBorn 1904 in Spain; died 1991 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande (Gironde).
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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Quiroz.
- Quinty 115 · U.S. census
- Quirin 604 · U.S. census
- Quirion 689 · U.S. census
- Quirk 6,392 · U.S. census
- Quiroga 5,937 · U.S. census
- Quiros 3,059 · U.S. census
- Qureshi 6,966 · U.S. census
- Raab 5,208 · U.S. census
- Raba 344 · U.S. census
- Rabah 390 · U.S. census
- Raban 172 · U.S. census
- Rabas 289 · U.S. census
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