The Esqueda surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,773 people carried this name — #5,963 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,000 people counted. That is up 32% from 4,360 in 2000.

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In print

Esqueda in American newspapers,
1906–1922.

Newspaper page from The Spokane Press carrying the name Esqueda
The Spokane Press 1906-02-19
Newspaper page from Tulsa Daily World carrying the name Esqueda
Tulsa Daily World 1915-12-04
Newspaper page from El Nuevo Mexicano carrying the name Esqueda
El Nuevo Mexicano 1922-09-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,716 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Esqueda,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pedro Esqueda Ramírez
    Pedro Esqueda Ramírez 1887–1927 · vicar

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Esqueda,
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 States176 records

176 records of the Esqueda name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 142
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 17
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gabriel V. Esqueda

    Born 1932; from Bexar County, Texas. U.S. Army, chief medical aidman; killed in action 1953 in North Korea. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joe L. Esqueda

    Born 1910 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Sam Houston; salesperson from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1944, 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)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Peter M. Esqueda

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1953, died 1992; buried at Fort Bayard National Cemetery, New Mexico.

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

Showing 3 of 176 records for Esqueda 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: 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).

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