The Almaguer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,023 people carried this name — #5,751 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,000 people counted. That is up 32% from 4,553 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Almaguer surname

A surname from Catalan.

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

In print

Almaguer in American newspapers,
1837–1840.

Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-rico carrying the name Almaguer
Gazeta De Puerto-rico 1840-09-05
Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-rico carrying the name Almaguer
Gazeta De Puerto-rico 1840-03-05
Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-rico carrying the name Almaguer
Gazeta De Puerto-rico 1837-04-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 169 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Almaguer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Cosme Proenza 1948–2022 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Almaguer,
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 States240 records

240 records of the Almaguer name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 208
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 19
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Benjamin Francis Almaguer

    Born 1949; from Monmouth, Illinois. U.S. Marine Corps, motor vehicle operator; died in an accident 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Esequiel Almaguer

    Born 1922 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Houston; farmer from Gonzales County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Maria V. Almaguer

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1999; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 240 records for Almaguer 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). 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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