The Rondon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,049 people carried this name — #10,520 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 97,100 people counted. That is up 43% from 2,136 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Rondon surname
The Colombian town was named after Juan José Rondón, from the original toponym San Rafael.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rondón» (Spanish), 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 1,379 people named Rondon 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 51 people named Rondon.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.
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
29 people named Rondon live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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
Rondon in American newspapers,
1860–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,269 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rondon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cândido Rondon 1865–1958 · engineer
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Yves Rondon 1914–2006 · botanist
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Antonio Rondon 1956– · association football player
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Giulia Rondon 1987– · volleyball player
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Jorge Rondon 1988– · baseball player
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Jorge Rondon 1990– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rondon.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Rondon is.
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