The Briseno surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,821 people carried this name — #3,313 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,200 people counted. That is up 30% from 8,312 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 519 people named Briseno 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 Tucumán.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Tucumán 239
Buenos Aires Province 177
Salta 20
Neuquén 19
City of Buenos Aires 15
Santa Fe 14
Jujuy 13
Chubut 12

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

In print

Briseno in American newspapers,
1911–1927.

Newspaper page from Douglas Daily Dispatch carrying the name Briseno
Douglas Daily Dispatch 1927-03-02
Newspaper page from The Spanish American carrying the name Briseno
The Spanish American 1911-04-29
Newspaper page from Rawlins Republican carrying the name Briseno
Rawlins Republican 1921-02-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 893 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Briseno,
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 States401 records

401 records of the Briseno name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 333
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 39
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 26
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Erasmo H. Briseno

    Born 1921 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; farm hand from Atascosa County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, 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 Johnny Charles Briseno

    Born 1949; from Waynoka, Oklahoma. U.S. Marine Corps, machinegunner; died of wounds 1970 in Quang Nam, 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 Guadalupe Briseno

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1895, died 1954; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 401 records for Briseno 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).

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