The Arriaga surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,236 people carried this name — #1,865 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,300 people counted. That is up 51% from 12,765 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Arriaga surname
A surname from Basque.
Borrowed from Basque Arriaga (literally “stony place”), from harri (“stone”) + -aga (“place, abundance”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Arriaga» (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 1,275 people named Arriaga 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 37 people named Arriaga.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Gironde.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Arriaga in American newspapers,
1889–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,614 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Arriaga,
with a public archive behind them.
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Miguel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira 1776–1824 · politician -
Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga 1806–1826 · composer -
Ponciano Arriaga 1811–1865 · lawyer -
Ponciano Arriaga 1811–1865 · lawyer
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Manuel de Arriaga 1840–1917 · writer -
Gonzalo de Arriaga 1593–1657 · writer
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 Arriaga,
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 States452 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 390
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 32
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 24
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Tony R. ArriagaBorn 1938; from Waipahu, Hawaii. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam. Buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Paul ArriagaBorn 1920 in Mexico. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; shoemaker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1975, 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) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Selina ArriagaArrived at New York in 1883 aboard the Labrador from Havre, aged 29; farmer. From Switzerland; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 452 records for Arriaga 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
France19 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Rafael ArriagaBorn 1912 in Spain; died 1999 in Lanton (Gironde).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Lucie Angele ArriagaBorn 1951 in Chambéry; died 1999 in Chambéry (Savoie).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jean ArriagaBorn 1924 in Estérençuby (Pyrénées-Atlantiques); died 1996 in the United States.
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 19 records for Arriaga 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Arriaga.
- Arpin 999 · U.S. census
- Arpino 467 · U.S. census
- Arras 981 · U.S. census
- Arredondo 29,173 · U.S. census
- Arreguin 6,501 · U.S. census
- Arreola 21,540 · U.S. census
- Arribas 217 · U.S. census
- Arrieta 5,053 · U.S. census
- Arrighi 419 · U.S. census
- Arrigo 1,576 · U.S. census
- Arrigoni 487 · U.S. census
- Arrington 22,840 · U.S. census
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