The Balderas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,576 people carried this name — #2,196 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,800 people counted. That is up 44% from 11,520 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Balderas surname
Borrowed from Spanish Balderas. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Balderas» (English), 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 132 people named Balderas 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 31 people named Balderas.
Most of them — 26 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 2 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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
Balderas in American newspapers,
1836–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 721 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Balderas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lucas Balderas 1797–1847 · military personnel -
Alberto Balderas 1910–1940 · matador
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 Balderas,
in the records of 3 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 States344 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 297
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 28
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 19
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Abel BalderasBorn 1917 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Sam Houston; driver from Hidalgo County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Chapin Cemetery, Edinburg, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Noe BalderasU.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1941, died 1975; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Maclovia BalderasBorn 1873 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Detroit, Michigan, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 344 records for Balderas 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).
France10 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Ascension BalderasBorn 1915 in Algeria; died 1990 in Montpellier (Hérault).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Francoise BalderasBorn 1908 in Algeria; died 1999 in Saint-Avertin (Indre-et-Loire).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Miguel BalderasBorn 1910 in Algeria; died 1994 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 10 records for Balderas 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).
Australia2 records
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Henry BalderasGas worker of Warrnambool, Victoria; died 1953.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Minnie BalderasOf Warrnambool, Victoria; died 1974.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Balderas.
- Baldacchino 118 · U.S. census
- Baldacci 304 · U.S. census
- Baldassari 420 · U.S. census
- Baldauf 1,160 · U.S. census
- Balde 760 · U.S. census
- Baldelli 345 · U.S. census
- Balderrama 5,766 · U.S. census
- Baldi 1,275 · U.S. census
- Baldin 119 · U.S. census
- Baldinger 384 · U.S. census
- Baldini 1,110 · U.S. census
- Baldino 1,559 · U.S. census
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