The Recio surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,442 people carried this name — #9,451 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 27% from 2,715 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Recio surname
From Spanish, from recio (“strong”). A descriptive surname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Recio» (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 1,286 people named Recio 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 San Juan.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Recio.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Recio live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Recio in American newspapers,
1923–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,168 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Recio,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marie Recio 1814–1862 · opera singer -
Lope Recio Loynaz 1860–1927 · military personnel -
Sebastián Martín Recio 1953– · politician -
Bernardo Recio 1714–1791 · writer
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Enrique Recio 1882–1927 · politician
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Javier Recio 1901– · researcher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Recio.
- Recchia 1,248 · U.S. census
- Recco 244 · U.S. census
- Receveur 220 · U.S. census
- Rech 1,639 · U.S. census
- Recher 253 · U.S. census
- Recht 472 · U.S. census
- Reck 3,155 · U.S. census
- Record 3,515 · U.S. census
- Reda 2,919 · U.S. census
- Redel 418 · U.S. census
- Redelsperger 101 · U.S. census
- Reder 1,366 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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