The Apodaca surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,280 people carried this name — #3,202 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,200 people counted. That is up 12% from 10,054 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Apodaca surname

A surname from Basque.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Apodaca» (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 366 people named Apodaca 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 266
City of Buenos Aires 31
Misiones 22
Santiago del Estero 14
Córdoba 13
Chubut 10
San Luis 10

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

In print

Apodaca in American newspapers,
1821–1909.

Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Apodaca
Daily National Intelligencer 1821-12-27
Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Apodaca
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1891-08-15
Newspaper page from The Indian Leader carrying the name Apodaca
The Indian Leader 1909-01-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,174 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Apodaca,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jerry Apodaca
    Jerry Apodaca 1934–2023 · politician
  • Atala Apodaca 1884–1977 · politician
  • Antonia Apodaca 1923–2020 · musician
  • Benigno Apodaca 1939–2020 · association football player
  • Eduardo Apodaca 1952–2006 · poet
  • Richard L. Apodaca 1968–2024 · researcher

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 Apodaca,
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 States635 records

635 records of the Apodaca name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 232
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 205
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 191
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Peter Michael Apodaca

    Born 1947; from San Bruno, California. U.S. Army, heavy anti-armor weapons infantryman; died of wounds 1967 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Daniel O. Apodaca

    Born 1909 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Bliss El Paso; farm hand from El Paso County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1951, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Pedro A. Apodaca

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1898, died 1978; buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

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

Showing 3 of 635 records for Apodaca in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Apodaca name in Australia State Library of Western Australia indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Francisco Apodaca

    In the Western Australian Biographical Index; born 1850, died 1881.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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Surnames next to Apodaca.

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