The Hinojosa surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 26,146 people carried this name — #1,352 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,300 people counted. That is up 23% from 21,228 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hinojosa surname

From hinojo (“fennel”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hinojosa» (Spanish), 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 4,500 people named Hinojosa 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,964
City of Buenos Aires 754
Salta 428
Jujuy 355
Mendoza 327
Córdoba 122
Tucumán 104
Chubut 88

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

41 people named Hinojosa live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 16
Zurich 10
Fribourg 7
Bern 4
Geneva 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 23 people named Hinojosa.

Most of them — 16 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Aude.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Aude 5
Paris 1
Seine-Saint-Denis 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Hinojosa in American newspapers,
1875–1930.

Newspaper page from The Columbus Weekly Dispatch carrying the name Hinojosa
The Columbus Weekly Dispatch 1903-05-14
Newspaper page from Ashtabula Telegraph carrying the name Hinojosa
Ashtabula Telegraph 1875-04-02
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Hinojosa
El Tucsonense 1930-06-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,861 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hinojosa,
with a public archive behind them.

  • El Tempranillo
    El Tempranillo 1805–1833 · bandit
  • Eduardo de Hinojosa y Naveros
    Eduardo de Hinojosa y Naveros 1852–1919 · jurist
  • Griselda Hinojosa
    Griselda Hinojosa 1875–1959 · pharmacist
  • Enrique Hinojosa Santana
    Enrique Hinojosa Santana 1899–1956 · physician
  • Rolando Hinojosa
    Rolando Hinojosa 1929–2022 · novelist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Enrique Hinojosa Santana: ArqAV, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0); Rolando Hinojosa: Taken by Jeffrey Yoshimi at Taste of Little India. Image uploaded on Wikipedia by User:Jyoshimi on December 16, 2006., CC BY 2.5 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 57 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hinojosa,
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 States817 records

817 records of the Hinojosa name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 592
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 144
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 77
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Manuel Hinojosa

    Born 1923 in California. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro; sales clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, 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 Rudolph Hinojosa

    Born 1950; from Tampa, Florida. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1969 in Dinh Tuong, 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 Gregorio B. Hinojosa

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1896, died 1925; buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 817 records for Hinojosa 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).

France7 records

7 records of the Hinojosa 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 Evariste Hinojosa

    Born 1925 in Spain; died 1996 in Arles-sur-Tech (Pyrénées-Orientales).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Julian Hinojosa

    Born 1914 in Portugal; died 1991 in Livry-Gargan (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Manuelle Hinojosa

    Born 1928 in Spain; died 1993 in Colomiers (Haute-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Hinojosa in France.

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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