The Alegria surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,200 people carried this name — #5,609 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,600 people counted. That is up 41% from 4,406 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Alegria surname

From alegría (“joy”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Alegria» (English) and «Alegría» (Spanish), 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 1,672 people named Alegria 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 Neuquén.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Neuquén 448
Buenos Aires Province 384
Río Negro 245
City of Buenos Aires 150
Chubut 126
San Luis 72
Córdoba 68
Mendoza 61

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

55 people named Alegria live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 27
Vaud 16
Valais 5
Zurich 4
Graubünden 3

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 34 people named Alegria.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 14
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Gironde 5
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 3
Isère 1
Landes 1
Hautes-Pyrénées 1
Rhône 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

21 people named Alegria is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 21

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Alegria in American newspapers,
1905.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Alegria
Evening Star 1905-06-18
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Alegria
New-york Tribune 1905-06-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,925 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Alegria,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Blas Alegria 1883–1947 · writer
  • José Augusto Alegria 1917–2004 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Alegria,
in the records of 3 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 States155 records

155 records of the Alegria name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 115
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 31
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Atlee E. Alegria

    Born 1921 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; farm hand from Live Oak County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington, 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 George Alegria

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1954, died 1999; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Alejandra R. Alegria

    Born 1900 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Hidalgo County, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 155 records for Alegria 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). 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).

France21 records

21 records of the Alegria name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Alegria

    Born 1922 in Bordeaux; died 1982 in Bordeaux (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Alegria

    Born 1904 in Spain; died 1995 in Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Martin Alegria

    Born 1899 in Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques); died 1971 in Saint-Germain-du-Salembre (Dordogne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 21 records for Alegria in France.

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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Alegria name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Carla Alegria

    Died 1980; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Alegria in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Alegria.

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