The Jaquez surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,281 people carried this name — #4,295 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,600 people counted. That is up 40% from 5,934 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 121 people named Jaquez 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 61
La Pampa 21
Santa Cruz 15
Mendoza 14
Misiones 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

39 people named Jaquez live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 14
Aargau 7
Vaud 7
Basel-Landschaft 4
Basel-Stadt 4
Lucerne 3

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 print

Jaquez in American newspapers,
1866–1924.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Jaquez
El Tucsonense 1924-07-26
Newspaper page from El Fronterizo carrying the name Jaquez
El Fronterizo 1884-03-28
Newspaper page from Baltimore Daily Commercial carrying the name Jaquez
Baltimore Daily Commercial 1866-05-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 654 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Jaquez,
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 States184 records

184 records of the Jaquez name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 122
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 36
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 25
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Bernabe H. Jaquez

    Born 1920 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso; construction worker from El Paso County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1969, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Andrea Jaquez

    Arrived at New York in 1888 aboard the La Bretagne from Havre, aged 11; farmer. From Italy.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Orlando Jaquez

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1937, died 1963; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 184 records for Jaquez 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Belgium1 record

1 record of the Jaquez name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Pitronille Jaquez

    Born 1812 in Nederhasselt.

    Open Archives, Erfgoedcel Denderland (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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