The Gaona surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,299 people carried this name — #3,811 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,700 people counted. That is up 39% from 6,677 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gaona surname
Borrowed from Spanish Gaona, perhaps of Basque origin.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gaona» (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 6,444 people named Gaona 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 37 people named Gaona.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Gaona in American newspapers,
1914–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,207 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gaona,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan Bautista Gaona 1845–1932 · politician -
Rodolfo Gaona 1888–1975 · bullfighter -
Francisco Gaona 1901–1980 · writer -
Englio Gaona Ospina d. 2008 · partisan
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Eduardo Genaro Gaona Medina d. 1975
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Antonio Luis Gaona 1743–1804 · Catholic bishop
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 Gaona,
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 States181 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 139
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 27
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 15
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Eugene L. GaonaBorn 1921 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Fresno; construction worker from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1944, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Jose GaonaU.S. Army veteran. Born 1933, died 1993; buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Rita R. GaonaBorn 1895 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Wharton County, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 181 records for Gaona 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). 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).
France9 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Gabriel GaonaBorn 1914 in Spain; died 1990 in Sisteron (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jeannette Monique GaonaBorn 1938 in Sisteron; died 1984 in Sisteron (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jean Andre GaonaBorn 1924 in Lyon; died 1982 in Bron (Rhône).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 9 records for Gaona in France.
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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gaona.
- Gantt 9,122 · U.S. census
- Gantz 3,177 · U.S. census
- Gantzer 340 · U.S. census
- Ganz 2,739 · U.S. census
- Ganzer 623 · U.S. census
- Gao 12,172 · U.S. census
- Gapp 496 · U.S. census
- Gara 613 · U.S. census
- Garabedian 1,879 · U.S. census
- Garand 625 · U.S. census
- Garant 669 · U.S. census
- Garate 968 · U.S. census
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