The Encarnacion surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,171 people carried this name — #4,909 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,200 people counted. That is up 52% from 4,703 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Encarnacion surname

Anglicization of Spanish Encarnación, and a Filipino surname, both a reference to the Incarnation

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Encarnacion» (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 323 people named Encarnacion 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 109
City of Buenos Aires 103
Chubut 28
Córdoba 23
Tierra del Fuego 19
Neuquén 15
Santa Cruz 14
Catamarca 12

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

93 people named Encarnacion live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 19
Geneva 16
Ticino 9
Aargau 9
St. Gallen 8
Solothurn 7
Schaffhausen 6
Bern 6

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

Encarnacion in American newspapers,
1887–1953.

Newspaper page from Democratic Northwest carrying the name Encarnacion
Democratic Northwest 1887-12-22
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Encarnacion
Evening Star 1925-05-03
Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Encarnacion
Le Messager 1953-09-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,597 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Encarnacion in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1950s.

356 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Encarnacion. The most, 301, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 4
Queensland 2
Victoria 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Encarnacion.

Who carried it

People named Encarnacion,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rosario Encarnacion 1910–1986

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Encarnacion,
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 States101 records

101 records of the Encarnacion name in the United States
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 37
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 35
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 23
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles N. Encarnacion

    Born 1914. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; lithographer from New York County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Felix M. Encarnacion

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 2000; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Josefa G. Encarnacion

    Born 1888 in the Philippines. Registered as a foreign national in Seattle, Washington, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 101 records for Encarnacion in the United States.

Counts: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Encarnacion 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 Joseph Antoine Encarnacion

    Born 1913 in Spain; died 1996 in Vic-en-Bigorre (Hautes-Pyrénées).

    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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Surnames next to Encarnacion.

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