The Riquelme surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 951 people carried this name — #25,865 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 52% from 626 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 25,940 people named Riquelme 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 305 people named Riquelme.
Most of them — 200 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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
36 people named Riquelme live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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
41 people named Riquelme 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).
Who carried it
People named Riquelme,
with a public archive behind them.
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Roberto Adan Riquelme Aviles d. 1973 · student
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Luis Fernando Riquelme Castillo d. 1985 · student
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Marcelo Augusto Riquelme Lemus d. 1984 · student
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Jorge Orlando Riquelme Guzman d. 1973 · student
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Nolberto Mauricio Riquelme Ramos d. 1973 · student
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Misael Riquelme Riquelme d. 1973 · merchant
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Riquelme.
- Rioux 2,672 · U.S. census
- Ripoll 544 · U.S. census
- Ripp 1,779 · U.S. census
- Rippe 1,100 · U.S. census
- Rippert 158 · U.S. census
- Ripplinger 930 · U.S. census
- Riquier 154 · U.S. census
- Ris 234 · U.S. census
- Risacher 128 · U.S. census
- Risch 2,229 · U.S. census
- Risi 578 · U.S. census
- Risler 321 · U.S. census
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