Sevilla surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Sevilla surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,980 people carried this name — #3,958 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,900 people counted. That is up 43% from 6,281 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,032 people named Sevilla 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 Mendoza.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Mendoza 771
Buenos Aires Province 406
City of Buenos Aires 183
Salta 145
Córdoba 115
Santa Fe 78
San Juan 73
Neuquén 45

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 365 people named Sevilla.

Most of them — 216 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 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

Born outside France 216
Hauts-de-Seine 63
Hérault 16
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Paris 7
Rhône 6
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 5
Lot-et-Garonne 4
Isère 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

38 people named Sevilla live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 9
Zurich 9
Bern 6
Geneva 5
Ticino 5
Aargau 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 print

Sevilla in American newspapers,
1898.

Newspaper page from Macon Beacon carrying the name Sevilla
Macon Beacon 1898-07-02
Newspaper page from The Commonwealth carrying the name Sevilla
The Commonwealth 1898-06-30
Newspaper page from Le Meschacébé carrying the name Sevilla
Le Meschacébé 1898-07-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,622 pages in all carry the name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Sevilla is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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