The Govea surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,327 people carried this name — #6,389 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,200 people counted. That is up 39% from 3,839 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 80 people named Govea 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 46
City of Buenos Aires 34

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

In print

Govea in American newspapers,
1897–1930.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Govea
El Tucsonense 1930-09-16
Newspaper page from The Forrest City Times carrying the name Govea
The Forrest City Times 1897-01-15
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Govea
The Birmingham Age-herald 1925-08-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 944 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Govea in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1920s.

27 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Govea. The most, 8, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 11
Victoria 6
Queensland 3
South Australia 3
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

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

In the public record

People named Govea,
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 States125 records

125 records of the Govea name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 112
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 9
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Blandina M. Govea

    Born 1921 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1943 in the Women's Army Corps at Salt Lake City, Utah; apprentice machinist from Salt Lake County, Utah.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jose Govea

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1989; buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    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 Jesus R. Govea

    Born 1899 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Los Angeles County, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 125 records for Govea 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Govea name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Margaretha H. Góvea

    In the population register of Vught; born 1899.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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Surnames next to Govea.

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