The Arteaga surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,410 people carried this name — #1,848 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,200 people counted. That is up 47% from 13,185 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Arteaga surname

Basque [Term?]

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Arteaga» (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 4,119 people named Arteaga 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 1,109
City of Buenos Aires 694
Salta 482
Mendoza 300
Santa Fe 213
Río Negro 209
Córdoba 203
Santa Cruz 155

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

105 people named Arteaga live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 26
Zurich 20
Vaud 19
Aargau 12
Ticino 12
Basel-Landschaft 7
Bern 3
Basel-Stadt 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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 30 people named Arteaga.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Paris 6
Gironde 4
Gers 3
Loire-Atlantique 3
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 2
Pyrénées-Orientales 1
Nord 1
Yonne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Arteaga in American newspapers,
1944–1960.

Newspaper page from El Sol carrying the name Arteaga
El Sol 1944-01-28
Newspaper page from El Sol carrying the name Arteaga
El Sol 1951-06-01
Newspaper page from Diario Las AméRicas carrying the name Arteaga
Diario Las AméRicas 1960-01-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,125 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Arteaga,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Matias de Arteaga
    Matias de Arteaga 1630–1703 · painter
  • Justo Arteaga
    Justo Arteaga 1805–1882 · military leader
  • Joaquín de Arteaga
    Joaquín de Arteaga 1870–1947 · politician
  • Cristina de Arteaga
    Cristina de Arteaga 1902–1984 · writer
  • Jesús Esperabé de Arteaga González
    Jesús Esperabé de Arteaga González 1909–1987 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Cristina de Arteaga: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Jesús Esperabé de Arteaga González: JO.AN.ZU.CA., CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 83 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Arteaga,
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 States291 records

291 records of the Arteaga name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 234
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 20
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 19
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 14
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Victor Arteaga

    Born 1916. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; kitchen worker from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 John J. Arteaga

    Born 1950; from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; died in an accident 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Francisco Arteaga

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1951; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 291 records for Arteaga 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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: 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France9 records

9 records of the Arteaga 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 Nicole Michele Jane Arteaga

    Born 1943 in Montreuil; died 1998 in Bagnolet (Seine-Saint-Denis).

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

    Born 1936 in Paris; died 1992 in Paris.

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

    Born 1915 in Spain; died 1996 in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Arteaga 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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