The Galaviz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,339 people carried this name — #5,486 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,500 people counted. That is up 32% from 4,815 in 2000.

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In print

Galaviz in American newspapers,
1921–1930.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Galaviz
Evening Star 1924-01-04
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Galaviz
La Prensa 1921-07-10
Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Galaviz
La Opinión 1930-01-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 74 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Galaviz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jairo Ramírez 1954–2013 · sport cyclist

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Galaviz,
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 States151 records

151 records of the Galaviz name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 112
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 20
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 17
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • 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 Alfredo Galaviz

    Born 1909 in Mexico. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; driver from El Paso County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Jesse M. Galaviz

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1947, died 1993; buried at Houston 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 Sostenos V. Galaviz

    Born 1870 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Orange County, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 151 records for Galaviz 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) · 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).

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