# Delgado (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/delgado/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 132,985 |
| US rank (2010) | 221 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,322 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (98,675 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Delgado.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Delgado in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 92% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Delgado in the United States, Argentina and Brazil.

## People named Delgado

- César Delgado, Argentine footballer
- Marcelo Delgado, Argentine footballer
- Mark Delgado, American soccer player
- Antonio Delgado, American politician (born 1977)
- Frank Delgado, American keyboardist (born 1970)
- Milton Delgado, Argentine footballer
- Alfonso Delgado Evers, Argentinian priest
- Cyro Delgado, Brazilian swimmer
- Emilio Delgado, American actor (1940-2022)
- Angelica Delgado, American judoka
- José Luiz Majella Delgado, Brazilian archbishop

## Similar surnames

Delgadillo, Delcid, Dahlstrom, Delaughter.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.