The Balderrama surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,766 people carried this name — #5,968 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,300 people counted. That is up 29% from 4,479 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 7,805 people named Balderrama 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 2,126
Salta 1,404
Jujuy 1,003
Tucumán 747
City of Buenos Aires 502
Mendoza 463
Córdoba 278
Formosa 218

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

In print

Balderrama in American newspapers,
1920–1922.

Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Balderrama
La Prensa 1920-02-08
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Balderrama
La Prensa 1921-09-15
Newspaper page from El Fronterizo carrying the name Balderrama
El Fronterizo 1922-10-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 179 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Balderrama,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Oscar Balderrama 1901– · screenwriter

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Balderrama,
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 States230 records

230 records of the Balderrama name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 177
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 32
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 21
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John F. Balderrama

    Born 1909 in Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; machine shop worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, 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)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Alberto Lopez Balderrama

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1931, died 1977; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Maria Balderrama

    Born 1880 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Caldwell County, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 230 records for Balderrama 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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