The Zepeda surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 29,252 people carried this name — #1,209 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,100 people counted. That is up 37% from 21,305 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Zepeda surname

Likely from cepa ("grapevine") + -eda, a collectivizing suffix.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zepeda» (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 359 people named Zepeda 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 147
San Juan 101
Córdoba 43
City of Buenos Aires 42
Mendoza 16
San Luis 10

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

In the Nordic population registers

20 people named Zepeda is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 20

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

Zepeda in American newspapers,
1913–1942.

Newspaper page from The Daily Ardmoreite carrying the name Zepeda
The Daily Ardmoreite 1913-03-28
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Zepeda
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1920-08-06
Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Zepeda
Le Messager 1942-07-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,734 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Zepeda,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lorenzo Zepeda
    Lorenzo Zepeda 1813–1858 · politician
  • Holda Zepeda Novelo
    Holda Zepeda Novelo 1924–1991 · pianist
  • Gerardo Zepeda
    Gerardo Zepeda 1938–2013 · actor
  • Monique Zepeda Sein 1901– · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Holda Zepeda Novelo: Estudio Yzunsa, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 45 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Zepeda,
in the records of the United States.

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 States456 records

456 records of the Zepeda name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 333
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 74
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 47
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Armando Marin Zepeda

    Born 1946; from San Antonio, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1971 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Simon L. Zepeda

    Born 1920 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; farm hand from Nueces County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Memory Gardens of Corpus Christi, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Adelino Figuero Zepeda

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1933, died 1993; buried at Hilltop Cemetery, Tilden, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 456 records for Zepeda 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) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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