The Gaytan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,647 people carried this name — #2,460 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,100 people counted. That is up 44% from 10,164 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 572 people named Gaytan 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 351
Córdoba 78
San Juan 42
Santa Fe 29
Tucumán 23
City of Buenos Aires 19
Catamarca 19
Entre Ríos 11

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

In print

Gaytan in American newspapers,
1886–1909.

Newspaper page from Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico carrying the name Gaytan
Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico 1903-10-22
Newspaper page from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser carrying the name Gaytan
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1909-11-28
Newspaper page from The Daily Herald carrying the name Gaytan
The Daily Herald 1886-10-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 351 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Gaytan,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gisela Gaytan 1986–2024 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gaytan,
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 States160 records

160 records of the Gaytan name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 125
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 23
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Santiago G. Gaytan

    Born 1925 in Texas. Enlisted 1945 at Camp Pickett Blackstone, Virginia, from Comal County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Hugo Araux Gaytan

    Born 1951; from Sacramento, California. U.S. Army, medical specialist; died in an accident 1971 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Leroy J. Gaytan

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1948, died 1987; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 160 records for Gaytan 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) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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