The Duenas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,736 people carried this name — #2,627 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,500 people counted. That is up 38% from 9,976 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Duenas surname
Anglicization of Spanish Dueñas
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Duenas» (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 802 people named Duenas 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 48 people named Duenas.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Duenas 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
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 print
Duenas in American newspapers,
1913–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,056 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Duenas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cristobal C. Duenas 1920–2010 · judge
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Duenas,
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 States289 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 242
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 23
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 18
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Roberto Cervantes DuenasBorn 1943; from San Pedro, California. U.S. Army, medical equipment repairer; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Julian J. DuenasBorn 1924 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia; correspondence clerk from Fulton County, Georgia.
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Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Jose C. DuenasU.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1934, died 1988; buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 289 records for Duenas 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).
France15 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Valery DuenasBorn 1926 in Asnières-sous-Bois (Yonne); died 1990 in Clamecy (Nièvre).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Genevieve Marie Louise DuenasBorn 1913 in Montgeron (Yvelines); died 1979 in Corenc (Isère).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Sauveur Joseph Gregoire DuenasBorn 1938 in Perpignan; died 1991 in Le Boulou (Pyrénées-Orientales).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 15 records for Duenas 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Duenas.
- Dudek 5,519 · U.S. census
- Dudley 35,781 · U.S. census
- Dudoit 427 · U.S. census
- Dudziak 468 · U.S. census
- Dudziński 910 · U.S. census
- Due 1,509 · U.S. census
- Duet 1,413 · U.S. census
- Duez 162 · U.S. census
- Dufer 115 · U.S. census
- Duff 16,536 · U.S. census
- Duffey 6,251 · U.S. census
- Duffield 4,009 · U.S. census
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