The Barajas surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 45,153 people carried this name — #763 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,530 people counted. That is up 40% from 32,147 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 76 people named Barajas 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 City of Buenos Aires.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 45
Buenos Aires Province 20
Córdoba 11

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

In print

Barajas in American newspapers,
1920–1946.

Newspaper page from Arizona Republican carrying the name Barajas
Arizona Republican 1920-03-04
Newspaper page from Red Lodge Daily News Combined With Carbon County News carrying the name Barajas
Red Lodge Daily News Combined With Carbon County News 1935-10-30
Newspaper page from El Sol carrying the name Barajas
El Sol 1946-06-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,570 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Barajas,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ernesto Barajas 1986–2025 · composer

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

In the public record

People named Barajas,
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 States913 records

913 records of the Barajas name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 818
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 48
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 44
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • 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 L. Barajas

    Born 1923 in Michigan. Enlisted 1943 at Sacramento, California; machine shop worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1952, buried at Golden Gate 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 Philip A. Barajas

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1944, died 1999; buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    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 Paula T. Barajas

    Born 1899 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in San Francisco, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 913 records for Barajas 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) · 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); 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).

France5 records

5 records of the Barajas name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jesus Barajas

    Born 1925 in Bordeaux; died 1981 in Bordeaux (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Angele Barajas

    Born 1918 in Spain; died 1993 in Bordeaux (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Tomas Barajas

    Born 1917 in Spain; died 1998 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Barajas 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).

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