The Trujillo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 73,664 people carried this name — #448 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,000 people counted. That is up 24% from 59,609 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Trujillo surname
From the city in Spain, from Arabic تُرْجَالَة (turjāla), from Latin Turgalium.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Trujillo» (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 6,693 people named Trujillo 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 142 people named Trujillo.
Most of them — 85 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Gard.
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
133 people named Trujillo live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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 the Nordic population registers
26 people named Trujillo 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
Trujillo in American newspapers,
1939–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 33,703 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Trujillo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rafael Trujillo 1891–1961 · politician -
José Trujillo Lanuza 1900–1910 · politician -
Juan Manuel Trujillo 1907–1976 · writer -
Héctor Trujillo 1908–2002 · politician -
Sergio Trujillo Magnenat 1911–1999 · artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 195 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Trujillo.
- Troxler 1,528 · U.S. census
- Troy 8,109 · U.S. census
- Trucco 186 · U.S. census
- Truchon 265 · U.S. census
- Trudel 1,344 · U.S. census
- Trudelle 290 · U.S. census
- Truong 38,267 · U.S. census
- Trutt 258 · U.S. census
- Truttmann 128 · U.S. census
- Try 371 · U.S. census
- Tschanz 290 · U.S. census
- Tschirhart 798 · U.S. census
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