The Madrigal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 27,033 people carried this name — #1,299 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,900 people counted. That is up 38% from 19,632 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 660 people named Madrigal 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 Salta.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Salta 286
Jujuy 189
Buenos Aires Province 100
City of Buenos Aires 38
Catamarca 18
Tucumán 17
Santiago del Estero 12

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

In print

Madrigal in American newspapers,
1919–1948.

Newspaper page from El Mundo carrying the name Madrigal
El Mundo 1919-07-19
Newspaper page from El Sol carrying the name Madrigal
El Sol 1948-11-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,590 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Madrigal in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

392 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Madrigal. The most, 200, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 50
Victoria 37
South Australia 35
Queensland 15
Western Australia 15
ACT (Canberra) 8
Tasmania 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Madrigal.

Who carried it

People named Madrigal,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Vicente Madrigal
    Vicente Madrigal 1880–1972 · politician
  • Pedro Madrigal d. 1604 · printer
  • Pedro Madrigal 1501–1594 · printer
  • Victoria Madrigal 1850–1929 · teacher
  • Alexis Madrigal 1901– · journalist
  • Orlando Madrigal 1921–1991 · athlete

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Madrigal,
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 States525 records

525 records of the Madrigal name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 425
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 65
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 21
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Rodrigo E. Madrigal

    Born 1924 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at San Antonio, Texas; stock clerk. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Raul M. Madrigal

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1943, died 1993; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Isidora M. Madrigal

    Born 1891 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Pittsburg, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 525 records for Madrigal 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France8 records

8 records of the Madrigal 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 Louis Augustin Marie Madrigal

    Born 1913 in Langogne (Lozère); died 1980 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).

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

    Born 1906 in Spain; died 1995 in Aubenas (Ardèche).

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

    Born 1891 in Saint-Haon (Haute-Loire); died 1983 in Langogne (Lozère).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Madrigal 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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