The Avelar surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,564 people carried this name — #4,692 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,100 people counted. That is up 50% from 5,034 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 164 people named Avelar 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 87
Corrientes 46
Santa Fe 21
City of Buenos Aires 10

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

In print

Avelar in American newspapers,
1916–1918.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Avelar
El Tucsonense 1916-02-16
Newspaper page from The Coconino Sun carrying the name Avelar
The Coconino Sun 1917-02-16
Newspaper page from Albuquerque Morning Journal carrying the name Avelar
Albuquerque Morning Journal 1918-05-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 216 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Avelar in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

404 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Avelar. The most, 371, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 403
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Avelar.

Who carried it

People named Avelar,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francisco Gomes do Avelar
    Francisco Gomes do Avelar 1739–1816
  • António Emílio Severino de Avelar
    António Emílio Severino de Avelar 1843–1915 · physician
  • António Emílio Severino de Avelar
    António Emílio Severino de Avelar 1843–1915 · physician
  • Amélia Ernestina Avelar
    Amélia Ernestina Avelar 1848–1886 · writer
  • José de Avelar Rebelo 1600–1657 · painter
  • Guilherme Quintino de Avelar 1799–1873 · politician

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 Avelar,
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 States124 records

124 records of the Avelar name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 102
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 14
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 8
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Raul G. Avelar

    Born 1918 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Bliss El Paso; garage worker from El Paso County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1976, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jorge B. Avelar

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Gulf War. Born 1973, died 2000; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Serafina S. Avelar

    Born 1880 in Portugal. Registered as a foreign national in Sacramento, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 124 records for Avelar 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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