The Gastelum surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,880 people carried this name — #5,091 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,900 people counted. That is up 41% from 4,891 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Gastelum surname

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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gastélum» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Gastelum in American newspapers,
1910.

Newspaper page from The Tacoma Times carrying the name Gastelum
The Tacoma Times 1910-09-20
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Gastelum
El Paso Herald 1910-09-20
Newspaper page from Der Sonntagsbote carrying the name Gastelum
Der Sonntagsbote 1910-09-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 493 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Gastelum,
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 States199 records

199 records of the Gastelum name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 148
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 46
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alfred P. Gastelum

    Born 1915 in Arizona. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; painter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Rose Hill Memorial Park, Whittier, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Eugene Gastelum

    Born 1949; from San Diego, California. U.S. Army, armor reconnaissance specialist; killed in action 1969 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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 Santos M. Gastelum

    Born 1886 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in San Diego County, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 199 records for Gastelum 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: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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