The Ceja surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,423 people carried this name — #2,078 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,900 people counted. That is up 43% from 12,199 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 402 people named Ceja 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 192
Córdoba 75
Santa Fe 55
La Pampa 26
Mendoza 22
San Juan 20
Santiago del Estero 12

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

In print

Ceja in American newspapers,
1930.

Newspaper page from Douglas Daily Dispatch carrying the name Ceja
Douglas Daily Dispatch 1930-07-13

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

In the public record

People named Ceja,
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 States270 records

270 records of the Ceja name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 245
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 14
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 11
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Isaac V. Ceja

    Born 1922 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles; pattern maker from Los Angeles County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Ernesto B. Ceja

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1948, died 1982; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Josefina Ceja

    Born 1903 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in San Bernardino, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 270 records for Ceja 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).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Ceja name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Ignatz Ceja

    From Samolentsch, Samter. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 23 July 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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