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The Recalde surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 630 people carried this name — #35,671 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 33% from 472 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Recalde surname

Borrowed from Spanish Recalde, Castilianized form of Basque Errekalde, a habitational surname. This surname is mostly found in Paraguay.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Recalde» (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 12,577 people named Recalde 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 6,236
Formosa 1,709
Misiones 1,135
City of Buenos Aires 999
Córdoba 496
Corrientes 427
Santa Fe 381
Chaco 343

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 145 people named Recalde.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 109
Charente-Maritime 7
Landes 7
Gironde 7
Hérault 2
Loire 2
Haute-Vienne 2
Seine-et-Marne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

20 people named Recalde live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 11
Zurich 6
Geneva 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Recalde,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carmelo Recalde d. 1940
  • Ygnacio Anttonio Recalde Vidaurre 1767–
  • Geronima Fermina Recalde Bidaurre 1768–
  • Maria Antonia Recalde Vidaurre 1770–
  • Maria Manuela Recalde Vidaurre 1772–
  • Luis Antonio Bauptista Recalde Bidaurre 1773–

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Recalde.

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