The Yepez surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,433 people carried this name — #5,411 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,900 people counted. That is up 42% from 4,524 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 529 people named Yepez 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 City of Buenos Aires.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 199
Buenos Aires Province 145
Salta 100
Tucumán 32
Córdoba 26
Neuquén 17
Río Negro 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

25 people named Yepez live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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 11
Vaud 5
Zurich 5
Bern 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

Yepez in American newspapers,
1919–1922.

Newspaper page from El Mundo carrying the name Yepez
El Mundo 1919-07-19
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Yepez
El Tucsonense 1922-06-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 161 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Yepez,
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 States88 records

88 records of the Yepez name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 67
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 17
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Louis E. Yepez

    Born 1923 in California. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles; farm hand from Los Angeles County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1944, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Maria A. Yepez

    Born 1892 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in McKinley County, New Mexico, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  3. A page of a church marriage register in Manhattan, 1837–1838
    Example: marriage register, New York, 1838
    Marriage record Angela Yepez

    Married in 1903 in Manhattan, New York.

    NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data)

Showing 3 of 88 records for Yepez 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Marriage register, Methodist church in Manhattan, 1837–1838 (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Yepez 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 Maria Yepez

    Born 1917 in Spain; died 1992 in Fréjus (Var).

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

    Born 1931 in Algeria; died 1999 in Montpellier (Hérault).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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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