The Gurrola surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,211 people carried this name — #4,883 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,000 people counted. That is up 39% from 5,205 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Gurrola surname

Shortened form of the Spanish habitational surname Egurrola, of Basque origin. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gurrola» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Gurrola in American newspapers,
1916–1917.

Newspaper page from El Nuevo Mexicano carrying the name Gurrola
El Nuevo Mexicano 1917-05-10
Newspaper page from El Nuevo Mexicano carrying the name Gurrola
El Nuevo Mexicano 1917-09-13
Newspaper page from El Nuevo Mexicano carrying the name Gurrola
El Nuevo Mexicano 1916-09-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 271 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Gurrola,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alberto Gurrola 1993–2022 · association football coach

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

In the public record

People named Gurrola,
in the records of the United States.

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 States182 records

182 records of the Gurrola name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 146
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 23
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Carlos Gurrola

    Born 1910 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Phoenix, Arizona; kitchen worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

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

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1939, died 2000; 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 Cruz Gurrola

    Born 1902 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Madera County, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 182 records for Gurrola 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

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