The Gurule surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,915 people carried this name — #6,848 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,900 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,596 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Gurule surname

Borrowed from Spanish Gurulé, from French Grolet.

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

In print

Gurule in American newspapers,
1906–1913.

Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Gurule
El Paso Herald 1913-02-14
Newspaper page from The Indian Leader carrying the name Gurule
The Indian Leader 1906-04-13
Newspaper page from The Indian Leader carrying the name Gurule
The Indian Leader 1907-04-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,320 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Gurule,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Martin Gurule 1969–1998

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Gurule,
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 States223 records

223 records of the Gurule name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 107
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 106
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jose E. Gurule

    Born 1905 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Santa Fe; construction worker from Sandoval County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    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 Richard Albert Gurule

    Born 1946; from Albuquerque, New Mexico. U.S. Army, central office switchboard operator; died in an accident 1968 in Binh Duong, 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 Bonifacio E. Gurule

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1935, died 1996; buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

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

Showing 3 of 223 records for Gurule in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · 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); 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).

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