The Aceves surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,854 people carried this name — #3,603 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,900 people counted. That is up 31% from 7,502 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Aceves surname

Borrowed from Spanish Aceves. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 57 people named Aceves 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 43
Córdoba 14

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Aceves in American newspapers,
1921–1922.

Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Aceves
La Prensa 1921-11-06
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Aceves
La Prensa 1922-04-27
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Aceves
La Prensa 1921-04-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 880 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Aceves,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Miguel Aceves Mejía
    Miguel Aceves Mejía 1915–2006 · actor
  • Miguel Aceves Mejía
    Miguel Aceves Mejía 1915–2006 · actor
  • Rafael Aceves y Lozano 1837–1876 · composer
  • Gilberto Aceves Alcocer 1921–2016 · politician
  • Graciela Aceves Pérez 1931–2016 · politician
  • Gilberto Aceves Navarro 1931–2019 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Aceves,
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 States319 records

319 records of the Aceves name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 278
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 23
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 16
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Noel M. Aceves

    Born 1918 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bliss El Paso; driver from El Paso County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Charles A. Aceves

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1896, died 1965; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Maria C. Aceves

    Born 1879 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Pinal County, Arizona, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 319 records for Aceves in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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Surnames next to Aceves.

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