The Celaya surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,664 people carried this name — #7,173 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 63,300 people counted. That is up 27% from 3,662 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Celaya surname
Borrowed from Spanish Celaya, a habitational surname from Basque Zelaia.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Celaya» (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 565 people named Celaya 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 27 people named Celaya.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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 print
Celaya in American newspapers,
1915–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,522 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Celaya,
with a public archive behind them.
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Graçia Celaya Otamendi 1600–
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Joanes Celaya Otamendi 1603–
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Maria Çelaya Otamendi 1607–
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Matheo Çelaya Otamendi 1610–
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Magdalena Çelaya Otamendibarrena 1613–
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Maria Lopez Çelaya Otamendi 1618–
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Celaya,
in the records of 3 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 States219 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 170
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 36
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 11
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Juan L. CelayaBorn 1913 in Mexico. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, 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 Peter P. CelayaU.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1874, died 1959; buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery, Utah.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Panfila CelayaBorn 1897 in Mexico. Entered the United States at Calexico in 1946. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 219 records for Celaya 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). 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).
France9 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Marie CelayaBorn 1905 in Ciboure; died 1983 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jean Dominique CelayaBorn 1927 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz; died 1990 in Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Eulalie CelayaBorn 1891 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz; died 1972 in Ciboure (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 9 records for Celaya 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).
Australia1 record
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Example: civil register, 1880 Biographical index Manuel CelayaIn the Western Australian Biographical Index; born 1847, died 1870.
State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Celaya.
- Cecil 11,941 · U.S. census
- Cecile 150 · U.S. census
- Cecilia 286 · U.S. census
- Cedeno 9,412 · U.S. census
- Cedillo 10,538 · U.S. census
- Ceja 17,423 · U.S. census
- Celeste 1,398 · U.S. census
- Celestin 3,083 · U.S. census
- Celestine 4,680 · U.S. census
- Celi 706 · U.S. census
- Celia 597 · U.S. census
- Celik 682 · U.S. census
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