The Fregoso surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,969 people carried this name — #6,788 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,500 people counted. That is up 38% from 3,590 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 83 people named Fregoso 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 68
Santa Fe 15

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

In print

Fregoso in American newspapers,
1888–1930.

Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Fregoso
La Opinión 1930-11-16
Newspaper page from La Crónica carrying the name Fregoso
La Crónica 1914-08-08
Newspaper page from The Silver State carrying the name Fregoso
The Silver State 1888-10-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 360 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Fregoso,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Domenico di Campofregoso
    Domenico di Campofregoso 1325–1390 · politician
  • Pietro Fregoso
    Pietro Fregoso 1330–1404 · politician
  • Giacomo Fregoso
    Giacomo Fregoso 1340–1420 · politician
  • Battista Fregoso
    Battista Fregoso 1380–1442 · politician
  • Paolo Battista Fregoso d. 1557 · condottiero
  • Aurelio Fregoso d. 1581

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fregoso,
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 States48 records

48 records of the Fregoso name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 42
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Marco Aurelio Fregoso

    Born 1946; from Los Angeles, California. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joseph P. Fregoso

    Born 1922 in California. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco; plumber from San Francisco County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Guadalupe Fregoso

    Born 1902 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Los Angeles, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 48 records for Fregoso 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. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). 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); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

When the index is not enough

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