The Colunga surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,616 people carried this name — #7,232 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,100 people counted. That is up 29% from 3,589 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 304 people named Colunga 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 181
Corrientes 51
City of Buenos Aires 44
Córdoba 16
Santa Fe 12

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

In print

Colunga in American newspapers,
1920–1928.

Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Colunga
La Opinión 1928-10-25
Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Colunga
La Opinión 1927-11-28
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Colunga
New-york Tribune 1920-05-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 829 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Colunga,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Germán Colunga
    Germán Colunga 1922–1992 · association football player
  • Miguel Colunga 1836–1914 · physician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Colunga,
in the records of the United States.

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 States223 records

223 records of the Colunga name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 166
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 28
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 26
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jose A. Colunga

    Born 1907 in Mexico. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; switchman from Bexar County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran; 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)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record George Colunga

    Born 1946; from Houston, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, field artillery fire control man; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Frank V. Colunga

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1951, died 1999; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 223 records for Colunga 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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Surnames next to Colunga.

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