The Grijalva surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,678 people carried this name — #4,619 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,500 people counted. That is up 28% from 6,007 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Grijalva surname

From Spanish place names traditionally linked to the Latin for “white church”.

A Spanish family name of place-name origin, taken from places called Grijalba, notably the one in the province of Burgos. The place name is traditionally linked to Latin ecclesia alba (“white church”), ecclesia having given medieval Castilian egrija; this etymology is, however, disputed.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (fr.wiktionary.org, the French edition) — entry «Grijalva», by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · translated from French and condensed.

In print

Grijalva in American newspapers,
1909–1911.

Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name Grijalva
Evening Journal 1909-11-19
Newspaper page from The Barre Daily Times carrying the name Grijalva
The Barre Daily Times 1909-12-06
Newspaper page from Santa Fe New Mexican carrying the name Grijalva
Santa Fe New Mexican 1911-10-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Grijalva,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Juan Miguel de Grijalva
    Juan Miguel de Grijalva d. 1833 · official
  • Raúl Grijalva
    Raúl Grijalva 1948–2025 · politician
  • Hernando de Grijalva 1401–1537 · military personnel
  • Juan de Grijalva 1580–1638 · chronicler

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Grijalva,
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 States286 records

286 records of the Grijalva name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 168
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 82
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 34
  • 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 Edward P. Grijalva

    Born 1914 in California. Enlisted 1941 at Sacramento; farm hand from Fresno County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Selma Cemetery District, 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 David Centeno Grijalva

    Born 1946; from Santa Rita, New Mexico. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, 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 Oscar O. Grijalva

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1955, died 1999; buried at Veteran Service Office, Visalia, California.

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

Showing 3 of 286 records for Grijalva 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Grijalva name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Eddie Ramirez Grijalva

    Buried in 1987 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 57.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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