The Islas surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,200 people carried this name — #3,853 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,100 people counted. That is up 52% from 6,033 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 3,040 people named Islas 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 2,168
Santiago del Estero 378
City of Buenos Aires 87
Chaco 86
Santa Fe 68
Río Negro 65
Neuquén 41
Córdoba 32

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

In print

Islas in American newspapers,
1922.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Islas
El Tucsonense 1922-05-30

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

Who carried it

People named Islas,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Herón Proal 1881–1958 · social activist
  • Arturo Islas 1938–1991 · novelist
  • María Emilia Islas 1953–1976 · activist

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

In the public record

People named Islas,
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 States173 records

173 records of the Islas name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 150
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 12
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Richard Martin Islas

    Born 1931; from San Francisco, California. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1952 in Korea. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Joe G. Islas

    Born 1922 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, 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)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Primitivo F. Islas

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1893, died 1963; buried at Fort Bayard National Cemetery, New Mexico.

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

Showing 3 of 173 records for Islas 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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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