The Irizarry surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,114 people carried this name — #2,560 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,900 people counted. That is up 22% from 11,538 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Irizarry surname

Borrowed from Spanish Irizarry, from Basque Irizarri.

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

In print

Irizarry in American newspapers,
1918–1927.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Irizarry
El Tucsonense 1920-12-02
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Irizarry
La Prensa 1918-05-19
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Irizarry
The Washington Daily News 1927-07-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,986 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Irizarry,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Epifanio Irizarry 1915–2001 · painter
  • Marcos Irizarry 1936–1995 · painter
  • Estelle Irizarry 1937–2017 · writer
  • Ralph Irizarry 1954–2021 · musician

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Irizarry,
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 States485 records

485 records of the Irizarry name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 239
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 162
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 45
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • 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 Jose Angel Irizarry

    Born 1947; from New York, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Pleiku, South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Domingo Irizarry

    Born 1905. Enlisted 1941 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York; garment worker from New York County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1961, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Heriberto Irizarry

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1938, died 1997; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

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

Showing 3 of 485 records for Irizarry in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

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