Delgado Surname

395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,310,806 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Delgado Surname Definition:

The crippled or deformed person; the thin man.

Comes from the latin "delicatus" meaning "delicate or fine."

Popular surname originating in mountains of Santander. Derived from latin "delicatus" which means light, tenuous, delicate.

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Delgado Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico296,5831:41960
Spain121,6141:38434
United States118,2431:3,065305
Venezuela116,0891:26046
Colombia113,8861:41978
Peru87,6451:36350
Ecuador69,0571:23014
Cuba61,8561:18625
Argentina54,5271:784104
Philippines38,2031:2,650190
Puerto Rico32,7831:10834
Chile28,1171:627144
Brazil23,3741:9,159549
Costa Rica21,7041:22063
Panama14,3491:27350
Bolivia13,9801:759153
Paraguay13,3551:542142
Dominican Republic13,3351:782144
Guatemala11,0511:1,455257
El Salvador10,8561:584118
Nicaragua9,5411:631134
Uruguay9,4851:36241
Cape Verde8,3191:6413
Portugal7,9541:1,310208
France4,3551:15,2521,604
Honduras2,6401:3,340405
Canada1,0321:35,7034,552
England7991:69,7358,044
Saudi Arabia7951:38,8125,622
Australia4641:58,1807,082
Germany4531:177,71620,837
Netherlands3611:46,7797,976
Italy3591:170,35325,782
Switzerland3551:23,1353,659
Thailand2771:255,01243,365
São Tomé and Príncipe2581:688123
Belgium2481:46,3577,529
Luxembourg1751:3,317429
South Africa1751:309,58729,554
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Russia1691:852,79968,843
Jamaica1531:18,7581,684
Guam1401:1,144168
Belize1321:2,693561
Norway1011:50,9147,301
Andorra981:855138
Angola871:310,2212,318
Sweden831:118,6368,469
Senegal821:177,7971,332
Kuwait671:56,7276,926
Japan621:2,062,00528,203
Ireland501:94,1795,191
Taiwan481:488,4323,698
New Caledonia421:6,5771,478
China351:39,066,3302,096
Indonesia321:4,132,787209,071
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
Wales311:99,8247,946
United States Virgin Islands301:3,679609
Denmark291:194,64516,083
Malaysia291:1,017,04245,504
Gibraltar251:1,358302
Czechia231:462,32550,029
Scotland221:243,35512,191
Israel201:427,88233,464
Greece171:651,75273,285
Poland171:2,235,809104,965
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Finland151:366,44725,366
Aruba141:7,3911,045
Hungary141:701,16338,752
India131:59,005,029552,550
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Northern Ireland121:153,7538,250
Belarus121:791,75562,255
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Oman101:368,7975,193
Guinea-Bissau91:192,002129
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Iceland91:42,2322,922
South Korea91:5,693,362993
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Turkey71:11,117,346139,182
Haiti61:1,780,65114,597
Austria51:1,703,08789,702
Bahamas51:78,350887
DR Congo51:14,775,914182,895
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Curaçao41:39,312638
Eritrea41:1,187,975480
Malta41:107,5681,849
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Barbados31:95,8161,797
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Macau31:200,543803
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Togo31:2,415,92311,978
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Egypt21:45,967,877132,655
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Sudan21:18,755,09814,167
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominica11:75,891912
East Timor11:1,215,928507
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3501:143,48213,461

The alternate forms: Delgadó (2), Delgádo (2), Dëlgado (1) & Délgádó (2) are calculated separately.

Delgado (1,644) may also be a first name.

Delgado Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The crippled or deformed person; the thin man.

Comes from the latin "delicatus" meaning "delicate or fine."

Popular surname originating in mountains of Santander. Derived from latin "delicatus" which means light, tenuous, delicate.

Castilian name from mountains of Santander and very common in the Peninsula.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

From the Latin is ''delicatus'' which describes something special, something beautiful. The original Portuguese and Spanish term delgado means slender or a thin person. Locations in the United States with the most surnames of Delgado are Texas and California.

- David Ortiz De La Torre

Delgado Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Delgado Come From? nationality or country of origin

Delgado (Russian: Дельгадо) is more commonly found in Mexico than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Delgadó, Delgádo, Dëlgado or Délgádó. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Delgado? popularity and diffusion

Delgado is the 395th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,560 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Delgado reside; 40 percent reside in South America and 23 percent reside in Hispano-North America. Delgado is also the 190,087th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 1,644 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Mexico, where it is borne by 296,583 people, or 1 in 419. In Mexico it is most frequent in: México, where 11 percent are found, Jalisco, where 9 percent are found and Guanajuato, where 9 percent are found. Not including Mexico this surname exists in 148 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Delgado Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Delgado has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Delgado surname rose 33,784 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 7,264 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Delgado Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Delgado last name are 42.17% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.4% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Delgado earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 50.68% less than the national average, earning €14,811 per year; in Norway they earn 23.01% less than the national average, earning 266,430 kr per year; in Peru they earn 8.25% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,984 per year; in South Africa they earn 98.61% more than the national average, earning R 471,972 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.78% less than the national average, earning $21,618,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.06% less than the national average, earning $37,082 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.58% less than the national average, earning $44,923 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Delgado Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Delgado in the Russian language
Дельгадоdelgado-

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Delgado Reference & Research

Delgado DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Delgado FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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