The Barcenas surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,979 people carried this name — #5,031 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,200 people counted. That is up 68% from 4,166 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 53 people named Barcenas 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 32
Buenos Aires Province 21

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

In print

Barcenas in American newspapers,
1922–1929.

Newspaper page from Nogales International carrying the name Barcenas
Nogales International 1929-04-09
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Barcenas
El Tucsonense 1924-10-28
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Barcenas
Evening Star 1922-07-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 999 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Barcenas,
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 States99 records

99 records of the Barcenas name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 87
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 7
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Louis L. Barcenas

    Born 1910 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Los Angeles, California; molder. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, 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 Alfred T. Barcenas

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1944, died 1994; buried at Crownsville Veterans Cemetery, Maryland.

    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 Julia Barcenas

    Born 1879 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in El Paso, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 99 records for Barcenas 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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 Barcenas 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 Dominique Raymond Barcenas

    Born 1954 in Conches; died 2001 in Évreux (Eure).

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

    Born 1938 in Port-Sainte-Marie (Lot-et-Garonne); died 1981 in Corbeil-Essonnes (Essonne).

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

    Born 1923 in Spain; died 2000 in Ax-les-Thermes (Ariège).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Barcenas 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).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Barcenas is.
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