The Avalos surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 36,922 people carried this name — #940 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,990 people counted. That is up 43% from 25,875 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Avalos surname
A toponymic surname, a variant of Ábalos, generally found in Mexico.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ávalos» (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 51,687 people named Avalos 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Avalos live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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
Avalos in American newspapers,
1849–1906.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,093 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Avalos,
with a public archive behind them.
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María de la Luz Ávalos y Tinoco 1793– -
Rafael Arcangel Avalos Garcia 1919–2020 · politician
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Enrique Avalos 1922– · association football player
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Anthony Avalos 2008–2018
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 17 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Avalos,
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 States797 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 680
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 66
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 43
- Sacramento County historic burials 6
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Ruben V. AvalosBorn 1925 in California. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles; farm hand from Orange County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Alberto Angel AvalosBorn 1944; from Brownsville, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1966 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.
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Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Jose Guadalupe AvalosU.S. Marine Corps veteran. Born 1956, died 1989; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 797 records for Avalos 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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: 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).
France3 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Pasquale AvalosBorn 1933 in Italy; died 1990 in Savigny-le-Temple (Seine-et-Marne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Rene Francois Aime AvalosBorn 1920 in Lyon (Rhône); died 1977 in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Vincent AvalosBorn 1912 in Spain; died 1994 in Carcassonne (Aude).
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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Avalos.
- Auton 934 · U.S. census
- Autrey 4,177 · U.S. census
- Autry 8,704 · U.S. census
- Auville 238 · U.S. census
- Avakian 1,243 · U.S. census
- Avallone 1,384 · U.S. census
- Avant 5,443 · U.S. census
- Avard 181 · U.S. census
- Ave 295 · U.S. census
- Avedikian 184 · U.S. census
- Avedissian 267 · U.S. census
- Avelar 7,564 · U.S. census
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