The Carbajal surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 21,838 people carried this name — #1,646 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,500 people counted. That is up 46% from 14,993 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 6,481 people named Carbajal 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Carbajal live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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
Carbajal in American newspapers,
1914–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,452 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Carbajal,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio Carbajal 1929–2023 · association football coach -
José Carbajal 1943–2010 · composer -
Illán Suárez de Carbajal 1503–1544 · military personnel
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Eduardo Dionisio Carbajal 1831–1895 · painter
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Ascensión Carbajal 1850–1914 · politician
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Carlos Carbajal 1887–1974 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — José Carbajal: Zeroth, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 47 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Carbajal,
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 States410 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 319
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 63
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 24
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Ruben Jose CarbajalBorn 1948; from El Paso, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Gabriel L. CarbajalBorn 1906 in Arizona. Enlisted 1943 at Phoenix; warehouseman from Maricopa County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Valley of the Sun Cemetery, Chandler, Arizona.
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 Santiago V. CarbajalU.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1896, died 1979; buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 410 records for Carbajal 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). 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).
France5 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Maria CarbajalBorn 1902 in Spain; died 1993 in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Veleria CarbajalBorn 1918 in Spain; died 1995 in Lannemaignan (Gers).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Marie Josephine CarbajalBorn 1921 in Spain; died 1990 in Villeneuve-la-Rivière (Pyrénées-Orientales).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 5 records for Carbajal 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 Carbajal.
- Carabin 138 · U.S. census
- Caracciolo 1,355 · U.S. census
- Caraco 170 · U.S. census
- Caradonna 618 · U.S. census
- Caramella 139 · U.S. census
- Caraway 6,517 · U.S. census
- Carballo 4,813 · U.S. census
- Carbo 1,396 · U.S. census
- Carbon 876 · U.S. census
- Carbonari 115 · U.S. census
- Carbonaro 1,383 · U.S. census
- Carbone 10,591 · U.S. census
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