The Buenrostro surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,931 people carried this name — #5,060 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,600 people counted. That is up 38% from 5,018 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Buenrostro surname

Compound of buen (“good”) + rostro (“face”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Buenrostro» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Buenrostro in American newspapers,
1921–1923.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Buenrostro
El Tucsonense 1922-08-01
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Buenrostro
El Tucsonense 1923-09-06
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Buenrostro
El Tucsonense 1921-12-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 191 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Buenrostro,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ernesto Buenrostro 1899–1966 · architect

Wikidata (CC0) · 2 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Buenrostro,
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 States122 records

122 records of the Buenrostro name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 110
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 7
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 5
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Gilbert H. Buenrostro

    Born 1909 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; firefighter from Bexar County. U.S. Army Air Forces 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. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Joseph Buenrostro

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1946, died 2000; buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 Josefa R. Buenrostro

    Born 1870 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in San Antonio, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 122 records for Buenrostro in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (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).

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