The Abeyta surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,046 people carried this name — #5,734 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,800 people counted. That is up 7% from 5,635 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Abeyta surname

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

Borrowed from Spanish Abeyta, a surname of Basque origin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Abeyta» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Abeyta in American newspapers,
1905–1921.

Newspaper page from Bisbee Daily Review carrying the name Abeyta
Bisbee Daily Review 1921-01-08
Newspaper page from Arizona Republican carrying the name Abeyta
Arizona Republican 1905-12-08
Newspaper page from Arizona Republican carrying the name Abeyta
Arizona Republican 1921-01-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,689 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Abeyta,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Petronella Martinez 1904–1993
  • Emiliano Abeyta 1911–1981 · painter
  • Augustine Abeyta 1914–1971 · painter
  • Augustine Abeyta 1917–1971 · painter
  • Anthony Abeyta 1927–2014 · butcher
  • Pablita Abeyta 1953–2017 · artist

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Abeyta,
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 States283 records

283 records of the Abeyta name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 120
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 24
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joe E. Abeyta

    Born 1915 in Colorado. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Logan; laundry worker from Las Animas County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jerry Delbert Abeyta

    Born 1947; from Gallup, New Mexico. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Vincent J. Abeyta

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1958, died 1982; buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

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

Showing 3 of 283 records for Abeyta in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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