The Requena surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,661 people carried this name — #17,087 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted. That is up 44% from 1,155 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,300 people named Requena 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 423 people named Requena.
200 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Hérault.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
39 people named Requena live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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
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 Requena,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Requena 1743–1824 · politician -
Manuel Requena 1802–1876 · politician -
Joaquín Requena 1808–1901 · teacher -
Eduardo Requena d. 2011 · lyricist
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Vicente Requena 1530–1590 · painter
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Gaspar Requena the Younger 1530–1603 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Requena.
- Rentz 3,954 · U.S. census
- Reny 560 · U.S. census
- Renzi 1,942 · U.S. census
- Repetti 409 · U.S. census
- Repetto 560 · U.S. census
- Reppert 2,018 · U.S. census
- Resch 3,267 · U.S. census
- Ress 810 · U.S. census
- Resse 214 · U.S. census
- Rest 257 · U.S. census
- Resta 281 · U.S. census
- Restelli 160 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Requena is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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