The Armas surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,002 people carried this name — #5,773 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,300 people counted. That is up 39% from 4,333 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,824 people named Armas 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 960
Tucumán 529
City of Buenos Aires 308
Catamarca 265
Santiago del Estero 169
Santa Fe 168
Córdoba 122
Chaco 87

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

35 people named Armas live in Switzerland.

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

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

Where they live today

Vaud 11
Zurich 11
Geneva 6
Basel-Landschaft 4
Aargau 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 print

Armas in American newspapers,
1896.

Newspaper page from The Evening Times carrying the name Armas
The Evening Times 1896-11-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Armas in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

182 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Armas. The most, 61, date from the 1880s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 83
South Australia 44
New South Wales 30
Queensland 9
ACT (Canberra) 5
Tasmania 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Armas.

Who carried it

People named Armas,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elio Armas Nahón d. 2020 · photographer
  • Justo Armas 1858–1936 · merchant
  • Felipe Armas 1902– · baseball player
  • Gregorio Armas Lozano 1903–1975 · Catholic priest
  • Adolf Armas 1908–1996 · politician
  • Amado Wilson Armas 1918–2018 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Armas,
in the records of 4 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 States222 records

222 records of the Armas name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 165
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 17
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Giuseppa Armas

    Arrived at New York in 1901 aboard the Tartar Prince from Palermo, aged 16; laborer. From Santo Stefano, Agrigento, Italy.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James M. Armas

    Born 1920 in Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Fresno, California; farm hand from Kern County, California.

    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 Sergio E. Armas

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1944, died 1965; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

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

Showing 3 of 222 records for Armas in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (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).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Armas name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Almerinda Celeste Armas

    Died 2000; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Alfredo Armas

    Died 1984; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ana Jesus Gomes Armas

    Died 1984; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

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

Australia3 records

3 records of the Armas name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Marco Armas

    Arrived in Victoria in 1904 aboard the Stuttgart, aged 33.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elizabeth Armas

    Died 1866; inquest held in Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Armas in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France3 records

3 records of the Armas 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 Louise Eugenie Armas

    Born 1892 in Chaponnay (Isère); died 1980 in Chaponnay (Rhône).

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

    Born 1910 in Spain; died 1999 in Narbonne (Aude).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Armas 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).

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