The Zurita surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,770 people carried this name — #7,020 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,700 people counted. That is up 48% from 3,227 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 15,585 people named Zurita 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 69 people named Zurita.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Hérault.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
45 people named Zurita live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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
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
Zurita in American newspapers,
1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 370 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Zurita,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jerónimo Zurita y Castro 1512–1580 · writer -
Eloísa Zurita 1875–1941 · journalist -
Isabel Zurita 1887–1979 · actor -
Marciano Zurita 1887–1929 · poet -
Juan Zurita 1917–2000 · boxer -
Benito Zurita y Nieto d. 1903 · author
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zurita.
- Zundel 1,069 · U.S. census
- Zunino 459 · U.S. census
- Zurawski 1,503 · U.S. census
- Zurcher 1,343 · U.S. census
- Zurek 1,442 · U.S. census
- Zurfluh 433 · U.S. census
- Zurlinden 142 · U.S. census
- Zwahlen 469 · U.S. census
- Zwick 2,273 · U.S. census
- Zwickel 140 · U.S. census
- Zwiebel 789 · U.S. census
- Zwinger 121 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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