The Favela surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,439 people carried this name — #4,761 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,700 people counted. That is up 42% from 5,247 in 2000.

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In print

Favela in American newspapers,
1914–1922.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Favela
Evening Star 1922-03-19
Newspaper page from The Madison Daily Leader carrying the name Favela
The Madison Daily Leader 1919-09-09
Newspaper page from El Nuevo Mexicano carrying the name Favela
El Nuevo Mexicano 1914-12-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 566 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Favela,
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 States143 records

143 records of the Favela name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 110
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 18
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 15
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Francisco A. Favela

    Born 1912 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Logan, Colorado; farm hand from Morgan County, Colorado. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    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 Mario Hector Favela

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1944, died 1998; buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Refugia Favela

    Born 1888 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in McKinley County, New Mexico, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 143 records for Favela in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain). 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).

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