The Amezcua surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,206 people carried this name — #4,889 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,000 people counted. That is up 41% from 5,104 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Amezcua surname

Borrowed from Spanish Amezcua, from Basque Ametzkoa, a habitational surname from ametz (“Pyrenean oak”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Amezcua» (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 120 people named Amezcua 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 120

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

In print

Amezcua in American newspapers,
1919–1930.

Newspaper page from Harrisburg Telegraph carrying the name Amezcua
Harrisburg Telegraph 1919-10-22
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Amezcua
El Tucsonense 1930-02-13
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Amezcua
El Tucsonense 1928-03-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 322 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Amezcua,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jenaro Amezcua
    Jenaro Amezcua 1887–1949 · military personnel
  • Efraín Amézcua 1907– · association football player
  • Rodolfo Amezcua 1937–2002 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Amezcua,
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 States189 records

189 records of the Amezcua name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 182
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Manuel R. Amezcua

    Born 1922 in California. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; packer from U.s. At Large.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Carlota O. Amezcua

    Born 1905 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Los Angeles, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert B. Amezcua

    From Santa Ana, California. U.S. Army; died in an accident 1951 in Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 189 records for Amezcua 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. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Amezcua 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 Manuel Francisco Amezcua

    Born 1955 in Lisieux (Calvados); died 1991 in Massy (Essonne).

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

    Born 1968 in Arras (Pas-de-Calais); died 1990 in Auch (Gers).

    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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