# Escudero (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/escudero/  
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 | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,352 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,684 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 92,108 people |
| Change since 2000 | +33% (2,515 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Occupational surname borrowed from Spanish escudero (“esquire, shield-bearer”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Escudero 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) | 8.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 85% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Escudero in Argentina and Spain.

## People named Escudero

- Osvaldo Escudero, Argentine association football player
- Damián Escudero, Argentine footballer
- Marcelo Escudero, Argentine footballer
- Sergio Escudero, Argentine footballer
- Miguel de la Fuente, association football player

## Similar surnames

Estrada, Estrella, Easter, Easterling, Ekstrom, Easterday, Easterly, Ester, Eastridge, Easterwood, Esters, Estridge.

## 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.