The Sepulveda surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,851 people carried this name — #1,810 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,900 people counted. That is up 27% from 15,611 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 19,643 people named Sepulveda 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 Neuquén.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Neuquén 5,132
Río Negro 4,061
Buenos Aires Province 3,294
Mendoza 2,151
Chubut 1,741
City of Buenos Aires 506
Tucumán 458
Santa Cruz 415

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

122 people named Sepulveda live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 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 28
Zurich 27
Vaud 25
Basel-Stadt 10
Bern 6
Thurgau 6
Ticino 6
Zug 4

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 39 people named Sepulveda.

Most of them — 25 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 25
Seine-et-Marne 5
Yonne 3
Aveyron 1
Bouches-du-Rhône 1
Hérault 1
Rhône 1
Essonne 1
Seine-Saint-Denis 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

100 people named Sepulveda is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 100

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

Sepulveda in American newspapers,
1877–1929.

Newspaper page from The Churchill County Standard carrying the name Sepulveda
The Churchill County Standard 1917-04-18
Newspaper page from La Gaceta carrying the name Sepulveda
La Gaceta 1929-09-19
Newspaper page from The Silver State carrying the name Sepulveda
The Silver State 1877-12-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,444 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sepulveda in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

29 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sepulveda. The most, 14, date from the 1980s.

Articles, by state

ACT (Canberra) 14
New South Wales 3
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sepulveda.

Who carried it

People named Sepulveda,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ygnacio Sepulveda
    Ygnacio Sepulveda 1842–1916 · judge
  • Juan Jose Sepulveda 1764–1808
  • Francisco Sepúlveda 1775–1853
  • José de los Dolores Sepúlveda 1793–1824
  • José Loreto Sepúlveda 1815–1881
  • Maria Petra Asencion Sepulveda 1821–1844

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 32 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sepulveda,
in the records of 2 countries.

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 States467 records

467 records of the Sepulveda name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 221
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 134
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 81
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 19
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Crescencio N. Sepulveda

    Born 1926 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran; died 1996, buried at Santa Clara Cemetery, Oxnard, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jesus Garcia Sepulveda

    Born 1934; from Weslaco, Texas. U.S. Army, medical specialist; died in an accident 1972 in Khanh Hoa, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Emeterio Sepulveda

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1889, died 1959; buried at Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Puerto Rico.

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

Showing 3 of 467 records for Sepulveda in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France9 records

9 records of the Sepulveda name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Laure Sepulveda

    Born 1899 in Morocco; died 1992 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Paul Sepulveda

    Born 1975 in Quito (Équateur); died 2001 in Équateur.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Francois Sepulveda

    Born 1910 in Spain; died 1993 in Montélimar (Drôme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Sepulveda in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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