The Guajardo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,438 people carried this name — #2,679 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,900 people counted. That is up 21% from 11,143 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 7,189 people named Guajardo 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 Mendoza.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Mendoza 2,979
San Juan 1,082
Buenos Aires Province 1,038
Río Negro 654
Neuquén 445
Córdoba 215
Chubut 197
City of Buenos Aires 130

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

In print

Guajardo in American newspapers,
1919–1923.

Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name Guajardo
Evening Journal 1919-05-24
Newspaper page from El Mundo carrying the name Guajardo
El Mundo 1919-05-03
Newspaper page from El Mundo carrying the name Guajardo
El Mundo 1923-04-10

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

Who carried it

People named Guajardo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gonzalo Guajardo Hernández 1919–1991 · politician
  • Pedro Guajardo 1928–2004 · painter
  • René Guajardo 1933–1992 · actor
  • Rosario Guajardo 1948–2021 · painter
  • Claudio Guajardo 1971–2016 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Guajardo,
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 States566 records

566 records of the Guajardo name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 427
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 73
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 63
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Joe R. Guajardo

    Born 1918 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; laundry worker from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1950, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas. U.S. Army; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    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)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Arturo R. Guajardo

    Born 1906 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at San Antonio; filling station attendant from Maverick County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Catholic Cemetery, Eagle Pass, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Marshall Guajardo

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1938, died 1984; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 566 records for Guajardo 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: 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Guajardo 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 Victoria Guajardo

    Born 1915 in Barlin; died 1993 in Berck (Pas-de-Calais).

    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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