The Zamudio surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,384 people carried this name — #3,174 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,900 people counted. That is up 49% from 7,629 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Zamudio surname
Borrowed from Spanish Zamudio, itself from a Basque toponym.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zamudio» (English), 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 6,891 people named Zamudio 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 27 people named Zamudio.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often La Réunion.
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 print
Zamudio in American newspapers,
1913–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Zamudio,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adela Zamudio 1854–1928 · writer -
Andrés Zamudio de Alfaro 1600–1599 · physician
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Daniel Zamudio 1885–1952 · composer
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Leonardo Zamudio 1926–2013 · physician
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Delia Zamudio 1943–2024 · human rights defender
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Gloria Cervantes Zamudio 1949–2020
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 Zamudio,
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 States167 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 147
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 11
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 4
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Benigno ZamudioBorn 1950; from Houston, Texas. U.S. Army, duty soldier; killed in action 1970 in Phu Yen, South Vietnam. Buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Joseph G. ZamudioBorn 1915 in Mexico. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; window dresser. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1971, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Susana ZamudioBorn 1887 in Columbia. Registered as a foreign national in Norwich Town County, Connecticut, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 167 records for Zamudio 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); 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).
France12 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jules Rico ZamudioBorn 1940 in Saint Pierre de la Reunion; died 1993 in Saint-Pierre (La Réunion).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jeannine Louise Isabelle ZamudioBorn 1925 in Vietnam; died 1992 in Arbois (Jura).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jean-Claude ZamudioBorn 1961 in Aix-en-Provence; died 2000 in Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 12 records for Zamudio 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 Zamudio.
- Zambrano 17,092 · U.S. census
- Zammit 830 · U.S. census
- Zamor 811 · U.S. census
- Zamora 61,729 · U.S. census
- Zampa 135 · U.S. census
- Zampieri 180 · U.S. census
- Zana 174 · U.S. census
- Zanardi 264 · U.S. census
- Zanatta 158 · U.S. census
- Zanca 389 · U.S. census
- Zanchi 160 · U.S. census
- Zander 4,518 · U.S. census
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