The Carranza surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 28,581 people carried this name — #1,235 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,300 people counted. That is up 48% from 19,375 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Carranza surname

Borrowed from Spanish Carranza, Castilianized form of Basque Karrantza, a habitational surname.

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 21,553 people named Carranza 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 7,519
Buenos Aires Province 6,044
Santa Fe 1,892
City of Buenos Aires 1,030
Tucumán 727
Salta 592
San Luis 578
Santiago del Estero 494

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

35 people named Carranza live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 16
Bern 7
Geneva 5
Zurich 4
Lucerne 3

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 24 people named Carranza.

Most of them — 13 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Dordogne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Dordogne 3
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 3
Gironde 2
Aude 1
Rhône 1
Hauts-de-Seine 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Carranza in American newspapers,
1914–1920.

Newspaper page from The North Mississippi Herald carrying the name Carranza
The North Mississippi Herald 1915-03-05
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Carranza
New-york Tribune 1920-05-23
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Carranza
Evening Star 1914-06-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Carranza in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1930s.

21 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Carranza. The most, 8, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 6
Queensland 4
Victoria 4
ACT (Canberra) 2
South Australia 1
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Carranza.

Who carried it

People named Carranza,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bartolomé Carranza
    Bartolomé Carranza 1503–1576 · archbishop
  • Bruno Carranza
    Bruno Carranza 1822–1891 · politician
  • Ángel Justiniano Carranza
    Ángel Justiniano Carranza 1834–1899 · physician
  • José Sienra Carranza
    José Sienra Carranza 1843–1925 · writer
  • Adolfo Carranza
    Adolfo Carranza 1857–1914 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 107 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Carranza,
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 States611 records

611 records of the Carranza name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 505
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 67
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 34
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Horacio Carranza

    Born 1948; from San Antonio, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, machinegunner; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Sam 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 Ramiro Carranza

    Born 1921. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; salesperson from Maverick County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1969, 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)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record George P. Carranza

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1990; buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 611 records for Carranza 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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).

France6 records

6 records of the Carranza name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Aurelie Carranza

    Born 1913 in Bayonne; died 2000 in Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Janine Fernande Carranza

    Born 1936 in Algeria; died 1991 in Lus-la-Croix-Haute (Drôme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Isabel Carranza

    Born 1911 in Spain; died 1991 in Saint-Juéry (Tarn).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Carranza 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).

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Surnames next to Carranza.

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