The Bocanegra surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,134 people carried this name — #4,934 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,300 people counted. That is up 35% from 5,272 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 609 people named Bocanegra 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 249
City of Buenos Aires 111
Córdoba 88
Mendoza 64
Entre Ríos 49
Santa Fe 26
Chubut 11
Misiones 11

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

In print

Bocanegra in American newspapers,
1842–1844.

Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Bocanegra
Daily National Intelligencer 1844-07-13
Newspaper page from Alexandria Gazette carrying the name Bocanegra
Alexandria Gazette 1842-07-16
Newspaper page from The Madisonian carrying the name Bocanegra
The Madisonian 1842-06-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,503 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bocanegra,
with a public archive behind them.

  • José María Bocanegra
    José María Bocanegra 1787–1862 · lawyer
  • José María Bocanegra
    José María Bocanegra 1787–1862 · lawyer
  • Óscar Bocanegra Tafur d. 2006
  • Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra 1638–1689 · architect
  • Gertrudis Bocanegra 1765–1817 · military personnel
  • Gertrudis Bocanegra 1765–1817 · military personnel

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 Bocanegra,
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 States177 records

177 records of the Bocanegra name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 138
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 24
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Antonio P. Bocanegra

    Born 1913 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, from Kleberg County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1999, buried at Cemetery Counsultant, Kingsville, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Hugo Arthur Bocanegra

    Born 1946; from Whittier, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Emilio Bocanegra

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1933, died 1997; buried at Rose Hill Memorial Park, Whittier, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 177 records for Bocanegra 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Bocanegra 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 Lucia Bocanegra

    Born 1919 in Spain; died 1999 in Villefranche-de-Lauragais (Haute-Garonne).

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

    Born 1930 in Morocco; died 1999 in Spain.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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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