The Zaragoza surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,908 people carried this name — #1,897 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,600 people counted. That is up 43% from 13,245 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 4,852 people named Zaragoza 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 466 people named Zaragoza.
Most of them — 237 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
22 people named Zaragoza live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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
Zaragoza in American newspapers,
1862–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,705 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Zaragoza,
with a public archive behind them.
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Agustina de Aragón 1786–1857 · partisan -
Ignacio Zaragoza 1829–1862 · military personnel -
José Ramón Zaragoza 1874–1949 · painter -
Elodia Zaragoza-Turki 1939–2020 · writer -
Daniel Zaragoza 1957– · boxer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 49 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zaragoza.
- Zanotto 177 · U.S. census
- Zapata 32,274 · U.S. census
- Zapp 872 · U.S. census
- Zappa 1,100 · U.S. census
- Zappia 1,110 · U.S. census
- Zara 725 · U.S. census
- Zarate 20,992 · U.S. census
- Zarb 199 · U.S. census
- Zaremba 2,372 · U.S. census
- Zarka 192 · U.S. census
- Zaug 155 · U.S. census
- Zaugg 1,039 · U.S. census
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