The Atencio surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,456 people carried this name — #7,477 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is up 13% from 3,933 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 7,298 people named Atencio 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 1,742
San Juan 1,288
Mendoza 1,189
Córdoba 535
La Rioja 440
Catamarca 385
Santa Fe 285
City of Buenos Aires 280

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

In print

Atencio in American newspapers,
1918–1926.

Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Atencio
The Bozeman Courier 1923-10-03
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Atencio
El Paso Herald 1918-12-09
Newspaper page from The Poplar Standard carrying the name Atencio
The Poplar Standard 1926-06-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,371 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Atencio,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Benjamin Atencio d. 1963
  • Mario Atencio 1902–1975 · politician
  • Lorencita Atencio 1918–1995 · weaver
  • Xavier Atencio 1919–2017 · screenwriter
  • Tony Atencio 1928–1995 · painter
  • Vicente Atencio Cortéz 1929–1976 · politician

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

In the public record

People named Atencio,
in the records of the United States.

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 States153 records

153 records of the Atencio name in the United States
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 68
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 68
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jose M. Atencio

    Born 1922 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Santa Fe; farm hand from Rio Arriba County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    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 R. Atencio

    Born 1930; from Orange County, California. U.S. Army, medical aidman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    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 Antonio Atencio

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1895, died 1964; buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

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

Showing 3 of 153 records for Atencio in the United States.

Counts: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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).

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