The Armenta surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,078 people carried this name — #2,406 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,600 people counted. That is up 43% from 10,542 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 505 people named Armenta 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 Santa Fe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Santa Fe 193
Catamarca 70
Jujuy 63
Chaco 54
Córdoba 44
Buenos Aires Province 43
Mendoza 28
City of Buenos Aires 10

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

In print

Armenta in American newspapers,
1921–1929.

Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Armenta
La Prensa 1921-10-22
Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Armenta
La Opinión 1929-07-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,442 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Armenta,
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 States569 records

569 records of the Armenta name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 445
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 77
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 37
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Placido C. Armenta

    Born 1921 in Arizona. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; farmer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Riverview Cemetery, Brawley, California.

    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 Joaquin A. Armenta

    Born 1930; from Hayden, Arizona. U.S. Marine Corps; declared dead 1953 in Korea. Buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record G. Batta Armenta

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Archimede from Palermo, aged 18; peasant. From Italy; bound for Philadelphia.

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

Showing 3 of 569 records for Armenta 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Armenta 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 Raphael Armenta

    Born 1915 in Spain; died 1994 in Lyon (Rhône).

    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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