The Leyba surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,836 people carried this name — #8,587 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,900 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,619 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 460 people named Leyba 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 192
Buenos Aires Province 89
Corrientes 53
Santa Fe 42
City of Buenos Aires 35
Tucumán 18
Mendoza 17
Neuquén 14

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

In print

Leyba in American newspapers,
1887–1891.

Newspaper page from The Republican carrying the name Leyba
The Republican 1891-10-16
Newspaper page from The Ohio Democrat carrying the name Leyba
The Ohio Democrat 1891-10-17
Newspaper page from Eureka Daily Sentinel carrying the name Leyba
Eureka Daily Sentinel 1887-03-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,475 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Leyba,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Fernando de Leyba 1734–1780 · army officer
  • Vicente Leyba 1874–1898 · revolutionary

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Leyba,
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 States178 records

178 records of the Leyba name in the United States
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 62
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 51
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 47
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • 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 Ramon Leyba

    Born 1948; from Albuquerque, New Mexico. U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    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 Eugene Leyba

    Born 1909 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Dix, New Jersey; construction worker from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, 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 passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Josefa Leyba

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the City of Antwerp from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 178 records for Leyba in the United States.

Counts: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Leyba name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Guillermina Emerenciana Leyba

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1875 in Curaçao.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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Surnames next to Leyba.

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