The Alaniz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,596 people carried this name — #2,189 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,800 people counted. That is up 17% from 14,169 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 17,091 people named Alaniz 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 4,171
Mendoza 2,769
Córdoba 2,686
San Luis 2,230
San Juan 1,587
La Rioja 710
Santa Fe 587
City of Buenos Aires 380

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

In print

Alaniz in American newspapers,
1897.

Newspaper page from The Herald carrying the name Alaniz
The Herald 1897-09-26
Newspaper page from The Herald carrying the name Alaniz
The Herald 1897-02-07
Newspaper page from The Herald carrying the name Alaniz
The Herald 1897-01-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Alaniz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rico Alaniz
    Rico Alaniz 1919–2015 · actor
  • Rico Alaniz
    Rico Alaniz 1919–2015 · actor
  • Luis Eduardo Alaniz Alvarez d. 1973 · university student

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Alaniz,
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 States494 records

494 records of the Alaniz name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 372
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 73
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 38
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Paul Gilbert Alaniz

    Born 1947; from Corpus Christi, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Coastal Bend Veterans Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Leonard N. Alaniz

    Born 1920 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; shoemaker from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1935, died 1997; buried at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery, Victoria, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 494 records for Alaniz 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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