The Burciaga surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,856 people carried this name — #6,909 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,600 people counted. That is up 29% from 3,778 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Burciaga surname

Borrowed from Spanish Burciaga, probably of Basque origin.

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

In print

Burciaga in American newspapers,
1914–1915.

Newspaper page from La Revista De Taos carrying the name Burciaga
La Revista De Taos 1915-11-05
Newspaper page from La Revista De Taos carrying the name Burciaga
La Revista De Taos 1914-02-20
Newspaper page from La Revista De Taos carrying the name Burciaga
La Revista De Taos 1914-02-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 60 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Burciaga,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Juan Guerrero Burciaga
    Juan Guerrero Burciaga 1929–1995 · lawyer
  • Cecilia Burciaga 1945–2013

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Burciaga,
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 States141 records

141 records of the Burciaga name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 108
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 16
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Albert Burciaga

    Born 1948; from Houston, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lorenzo R. Burciaga

    Born 1921 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Santa Fe, New Mexico; optometrist. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record David Burciaga

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1935, died 1970; buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 141 records for Burciaga 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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