The Aldana surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,362 people carried this name — #3,448 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,500 people counted. That is up 45% from 7,128 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Aldana surname
A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
From Spanish, of Basque origin.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Aldana» (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 4,264 people named Aldana 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Aldana live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Aldana in American newspapers,
1913–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,578 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Aldana in Australian newspapers,
the 1930s.
20 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Aldana. The most, 14, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Aldana.
Who carried it
People named Aldana,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joan Aldana 1480–1555 · military personnel
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Marc Antoni Aldana 1529–1591 · military personnel
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Francisco de Aldana 1537–1578 · writer
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Cosme de Aldana 1538–1601 · military personnel
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Tomasa Aldana 1627–1675 · courtier
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José Manuel de Aldana 1730–1810 · composer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Aldana,
in the records of 2 countries.
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 States205 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 183
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 10
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 9
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Frank AldanaBorn 1912 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Sam Houston; mechanic from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1959, 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) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Gerardo R. AldanaBorn 1930; from Cochise County, Arizona. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.
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Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Ramon C. AldanaU.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1951, died 1983; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 205 records for Aldana 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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).
France2 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Therese Renee AldanaBorn 1939 in Morocco; died 1995 in Thiais (Val-de-Marne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Tatjana Alicia AldanaBorn 1974 in Germany; died 1993 in Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Aldana.
- Alcazar 4,219 · U.S. census
- Alcide 561 · U.S. census
- Alcindor 651 · U.S. census
- Alcon 978 · U.S. census
- Alcorn 7,884 · U.S. census
- Alcover 176 · U.S. census
- Aldeguer 148 · U.S. census
- Alden 5,748 · U.S. census
- Alder 3,885 · U.S. census
- Alderman 10,119 · U.S. census
- Alderson 6,130 · U.S. census
- Aldrich 17,509 · U.S. census
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