The Restrepo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,441 people carried this name — #4,759 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,700 people counted. That is up 31% from 5,692 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 614 people named Restrepo 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 City of Buenos Aires.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 294
Buenos Aires Province 174
Santa Fe 37
Córdoba 35
Corrientes 20
Misiones 16
Chaco 14
San Juan 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

109 people named Restrepo 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

Geneva 41
Vaud 25
Zurich 19
Bern 7
Neuchâtel 7
Valais 4
Basel-Stadt 3
Ticino 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.

In print

Restrepo in American newspapers,
1901–1921.

Newspaper page from The Daily Morning Journal And Courier carrying the name Restrepo
The Daily Morning Journal And Courier 1901-08-23
Newspaper page from Luxemburger Gazette carrying the name Restrepo
Luxemburger Gazette 1913-10-28
Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Restrepo
Great Falls Tribune 1921-09-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,516 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Restrepo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bernardo Herrera Restrepo
    Bernardo Herrera Restrepo 1844–1928 · Catholic priest
  • Carlos Eugenio Restrepo
    Carlos Eugenio Restrepo 1867–1937 · president
  • José Restrepo Jaramillo
    José Restrepo Jaramillo 1896–1945 · writer
  • Angela Restrepo Moreno
    Angela Restrepo Moreno 1931–2022 · scientist
  • Javier Darío Restrepo
    Javier Darío Restrepo 1932–2019 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Bernardo Herrera Restrepo: Cultura Banco de la República, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); Angela Restrepo Moreno: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Javier Darío Restrepo: ARN Colombia, CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 110 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Restrepo,
in the records of the United States.

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 States61 records

61 records of the Restrepo name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 52
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jaime Restrepo

    Born 1934; from Columbus, Georgia. U.S. Army, aircraft maintenance senior sergeant; died in an accident 1970 in Vinh Long, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Mario Restrepo

    Born 1910 in Colombia. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; statistical clerk from New York County, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record David A. Restrepo

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1967, died 1998; buried at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Pompano Beach, Florida.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 61 records for Restrepo in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain). 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).

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Surnames next to Restrepo.

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