The Velarde surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,135 people carried this name — #4,371 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,200 people counted. That is up 28% from 6,367 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 4,791 people named Velarde 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 Salta.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Velarde live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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
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
Velarde in American newspapers,
1887–1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,438 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Velarde in Australian newspapers,
1920s–1980s.
177 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Velarde. The most, 126, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Velarde.
Who carried it
People named Velarde,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pedro Velarde y Santillán 1779–1808 · military personnel -
Gabriel Velarde Álvarez 1801– · military personnel -
José Velarde 1848–1892 · writer -
José Velarde 1849–1892 · writer
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Hernán Velarde 1863–1935 · writer -
Octavio Velarde d. 1959 · botanist
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Velarde,
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 States235 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 93
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 76
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Robert L. VelardeBorn 1917 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles; route man. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Giuseppe VelardeArrived at New York in 1901 aboard the Trojan Prince from Genoa, aged 24; laborer. From Sassinoro, Benevento, Italy; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Raimondo VelardeU.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1888, died 1977; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 235 records for Velarde 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France5 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Maria Luisa VelardeBorn 1924 in Spain; died 1991 in Juillan (Hautes-Pyrénées).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Franck Thierry Jean VelardeBorn 1970 in Miélan (Gers); died 1988 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Isabel VelardeBorn 1891 in A Lima (Pérou); died 1993 in Paris.
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 5 records for Velarde 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Velarde.
- Veillard 276 · U.S. census
- Veilleux 2,433 · U.S. census
- Veillon 897 · U.S. census
- Veit 2,481 · U.S. census
- Veith 2,132 · U.S. census
- Vela 25,414 · U.S. census
- Velasco 33,078 · U.S. census
- Velasquez 80,364 · U.S. census
- Velazquez 63,736 · U.S. census
- Vele 344 · U.S. census
- Veler 126 · U.S. census
- Velez 53,265 · U.S. census
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