The Grimaldo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,931 people carried this name — #5,829 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,800 people counted. That is up 50% from 3,966 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Grimaldo surname

From the Spanish and Italian surname, of Germanic origin, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *grimm (“mask”) + *waldan (“rule”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Grimaldo» (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 192 people named Grimaldo 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 91
Jujuy 73
Buenos Aires Province 17
City of Buenos Aires 11

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

In print

Grimaldo in American newspapers,
1855–1921.

Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Grimaldo
La Prensa 1921-05-01
Newspaper page from El Clamor Público carrying the name Grimaldo
El Clamor Público 1855-10-23
Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Grimaldo
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1908-01-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 155 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Grimaldo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Enereida Grimaldo León d. 2008

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Grimaldo,
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 States96 records

96 records of the Grimaldo name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 78
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 5
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Silvio Grimaldo

    Arrived at New York in 1906 aboard the Prinzess Irene from Naples, aged 15; tailor. From Bracigliano, Salerno, Italy; bound for Chicago.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John Grimaldo

    Born 1926 in Colorado. Enlisted 1944 at Denver; driver from El Paso County.

    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 Mary Grimaldo

    Born 1908 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Larimer County, Colorado, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 96 records for Grimaldo in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (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).

France1 record

1 record of the Grimaldo 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 Pierre Marcelin Grimaldo

    Born 1953 in Quarante (Hérault); died 1995 in Bertholène (Aveyron).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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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