The Gonsalez surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,495 people carried this name — #6,225 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,800 people counted. That is up 31% from 4,184 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Gonsalez surname

A surname from Spanish, variant of Gonzalez.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gonsalez» (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 232 people named Gonsalez 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 Salta.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Salta 68
Buenos Aires Province 58
Jujuy 38
Misiones 35
City of Buenos Aires 11
Mendoza 11
Santiago del Estero 11

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 44 people named Gonsalez.

17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Isère.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 17
Isère 13
Hauts-de-Seine 7
Seine-Saint-Denis 2
Gard 1
Gironde 1
Nièvre 1
Paris 1
Val-de-Marne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Gonsalez in American newspapers,
1910–1911.

Newspaper page from Judith Gap Journal carrying the name Gonsalez
Judith Gap Journal 1911-06-09
Newspaper page from The Bowbells Tribune carrying the name Gonsalez
The Bowbells Tribune 1911-06-16
Newspaper page from Bridgeton Pioneer carrying the name Gonsalez
Bridgeton Pioneer 1910-12-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 747 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gonsalez in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1960s.

69 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gonsalez. The most, 26, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 23
Queensland 19
South Australia 6
Victoria 5
Western Australia 4
Tasmania 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gonsalez.

In the public record

People named Gonsalez,
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 States386 records

386 records of the Gonsalez name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 358
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 14
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Mario Gonsalez

    Born 1948; from San Angelo, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Tin, 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 Manuel V. Gonsalez

    Born 1912 in California. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; mechanic from New York County, New York.

    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 Eulalia Gonsalez

    Born 1895 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Galveston County, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 386 records for Gonsalez 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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: 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).

France8 records

8 records of the Gonsalez name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Dominica Gonsalez

    Born 1913 in Saint-Denis; died 1993 in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Pierre Gonsalez

    Born 1926 in Choisy-le-Roi; died 1991 in Vitry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Manuel Gonsalez

    Born 1899 in Algeria; died 1993 in Nîmes (Gard).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Gonsalez 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).

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