The Segovia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,182 people carried this name — #2,733 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,400 people counted. That is up 41% from 9,346 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 58,098 people named Segovia 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 127 people named Segovia.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Isère.
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
62 people named Segovia live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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
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
23 people named Segovia 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).
In print
Segovia in American newspapers,
1914–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,806 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Segovia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Josefa Segovia 1825–1851 -
Lisandro Segovia 1842–1923 -
Ángel María Segovia 1848–1909 · writer -
Enrique Segovia Roberto 1853–1890 · poet -
Josefa Segovia Morón 1891–1957 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 83 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Segovia.
- Segall 1,177 · U.S. census
- Segard 124 · U.S. census
- Segarra 3,871 · U.S. census
- Seger 4,434 · U.S. census
- Segers 1,480 · U.S. census
- Seghers 268 · U.S. census
- Segre 128 · U.S. census
- Segui 910 · U.S. census
- Seguin 3,259 · U.S. census
- Seguinot 292 · U.S. census
- Segur 344 · U.S. census
- Segura 30,880 · U.S. census
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