The Camarena surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,154 people carried this name — #3,237 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,500 people counted. That is up 38% from 8,094 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 159 people named Camarena 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 46 people named Camarena.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Camarena live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Camarena in American newspapers,
1920–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 438 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Camarena,
with a public archive behind them.
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Enrique Camarena 1947–1985 · police officer -
Pablo Camarena 1900–2000 · politician
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Lorenzo Camarena 1901–1995 · association football player
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Ramón Camarena Medina 1907– · politician
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José Camarena Mahiques 1921–2004 · professor
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Francisco Camarena Nario 1948–2024 · businessperson
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 Camarena,
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 States318 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 285
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 22
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 11
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Hector C. CamarenaBorn 1917 in California. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Francis E Warren Cheyenne, Wyoming; painter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1966, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Freddie C. CamarenaU.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1948, died 1980; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Maria M. CamarenaBorn 1898 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Cochise County, Arizona, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 318 records for Camarena 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). 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).
France12 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Bernard Henri CamarenaBorn 1948 in Algeria; died 2001 in Poitiers (Vienne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jeanne CamarenaBorn 1898 in Algeria; died 1990 in Hyères (Var).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Angel CamarenaBorn 1926 in Spain; died 1996 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 12 records for Camarena 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Camarena.
- Calvino 313 · U.S. census
- Calvo 6,883 · U.S. census
- Calzada 5,022 · U.S. census
- Cam 1,300 · U.S. census
- Camacho 67,893 · U.S. census
- Camara 8,324 · U.S. census
- Camargo 9,626 · U.S. census
- Camarillo 11,066 · U.S. census
- Cambas 102 · U.S. census
- Cambe 160 · U.S. census
- Cambier 182 · U.S. census
- Cambra 1,771 · U.S. census
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