The Covarrubias surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,189 people carried this name — #1,985 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,200 people counted. That is up 45% from 12,543 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 320 people named Covarrubias 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 141
Mendoza 96
Córdoba 36
City of Buenos Aires 33
Río Negro 14

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

In print

Covarrubias in American newspapers,
1898–1948.

Newspaper page from El Observador Mexicano carrying the name Covarrubias
El Observador Mexicano 1898-10-22
Newspaper page from The Daily Ardmoreite carrying the name Covarrubias
The Daily Ardmoreite 1920-07-27
Newspaper page from La Gaceta carrying the name Covarrubias
La Gaceta 1948-07-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,223 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Covarrubias,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Diego de Covarubias y Leyva
    Diego de Covarubias y Leyva 1512–1577 · bishop
  • Antonio Covarrubias y Leyva
    Antonio Covarrubias y Leyva 1514–1602 · university teacher
  • Sebastián de Covarrubias
    Sebastián de Covarrubias 1539–1613 · writer
  • Álvaro Covarrubias Ortúzar
    Álvaro Covarrubias Ortúzar 1824–1899 · lawyer
  • Miguel Covarrubias
    Miguel Covarrubias 1904–1957 · writer
  • Pedro de Covarrubias 1470–1530 · orator

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 26 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Covarrubias,
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 States350 records

350 records of the Covarrubias name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 311
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 26
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 12
  • 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 Efren Covarrubias

    Born 1920 in California. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles; baker from San Diego County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1961, buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    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 Juan Alonso Covarrubias

    Born 1948; from Dallas, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1969 in Thua Thien, 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 George R. Covarrubias

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Born 1964, died 1989; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 350 records for Covarrubias 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: 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Covarrubias 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 Manuella Covarrubias

    Born 1910 in Spain; died 2001 in Pessac (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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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