The Almaraz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,404 people carried this name — #4,215 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,100 people counted. That is up 49% from 5,634 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 11,409 people named Almaraz 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 4,770
Santiago del Estero 1,735
Tucumán 1,282
Santa Fe 960
Chaco 522
Salta 450
City of Buenos Aires 389
Córdoba 295

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

In print

Almaraz in American newspapers,
1907–1930.

Newspaper page from Daily Public Ledger carrying the name Almaraz
Daily Public Ledger 1907-07-23
Newspaper page from Perrysburg Journal carrying the name Almaraz
Perrysburg Journal 1908-07-17
Newspaper page from Amerikai Magyar Hirlap = American Magyar Journal carrying the name Almaraz
Amerikai Magyar Hirlap = American Magyar Journal 1930-12-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 271 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Almaraz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Enrique Almaraz y Santos
    Enrique Almaraz y Santos 1847–1922 · politician
  • Isabel de Almaraz 1400–1453
  • Pacasso 1901– · caricaturist
  • Juan Almaraz 1901– · athletics competitor
  • Sergio Almaraz 1928–1968 · politician
  • Salvador Almaraz López 1930–2022 · muralist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Almaraz,
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 States263 records

263 records of the Almaraz name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 197
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 36
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 25
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Apolonio Sierra Almaraz

    Born 1921 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Sam Houston; aircraft worker from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1973, 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)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ronald Paul Almaraz

    Born 1944; from Los Angeles, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died in an accident 1966 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Johannes Almaraz

    Arrived at New York in 1866 aboard the Atlantic from Bremen, Bremerhaven and Southampton, aged 25; baker. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 263 records for Almaraz 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) · 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: 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Almaraz 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 Francois Almaraz

    Born 1968 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes); died 1990 in Moissac-Bellevue (Var).

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

    Born 1929 in Spain; died 1999 in La Tronche (Isère).

    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).

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