The Alanis surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,029 people carried this name — #3,274 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,700 people counted. That is up 46% from 7,567 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 8,865 people named Alanis 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 3,015
Córdoba 1,213
Tucumán 600
Salta 567
Santa Fe 443
Mendoza 442
Entre Ríos 318
Catamarca 307

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

In print

Alanis in American newspapers,
1913–1919.

Newspaper page from The Pensacola Journal carrying the name Alanis
The Pensacola Journal 1919-08-13
Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Alanis
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1913-09-08
Newspaper page from The Clovis News carrying the name Alanis
The Clovis News 1916-08-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,403 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Alanis in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1920s.

25 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Alanis. The most, 9, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 13
Victoria 4
Queensland 3
South Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 1
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Alanis.

Who carried it

People named Alanis,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Vicente Alanís 1730–1807 · painter
  • Cliserio Alanís 1882–1918 · military personnel

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

In the public record

People named Alanis,
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 States333 records

333 records of the Alanis name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 289
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 28
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 14
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Belisario Z. Alanis

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; driver from Cameron County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Buena Vista Burial Park, Brownsville, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Perilli Alanis

    Arrived at New York in 1881 aboard the City of Rome from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 28; laborer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Samuel R. Alanis

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. Born 1936, died 1996; buried at Florida National Cemetery, Florida.

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

Showing 3 of 333 records for Alanis 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Alanis.

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