The Menchaca surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,169 people carried this name — #4,345 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,100 people counted. That is up 23% from 6,618 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,105 people named Menchaca 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 566
City of Buenos Aires 123
Mendoza 112
Salta 109
Entre Ríos 65
Córdoba 51
Jujuy 26
Santa Fe 17

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

In print

Menchaca in American newspapers,
1895–1919.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Menchaca
Evening Star 1910-05-12
Newspaper page from Cleveland Plain Dealer carrying the name Menchaca
Cleveland Plain Dealer 1895-01-16
Newspaper page from The Daily Morning Oasis carrying the name Menchaca
The Daily Morning Oasis 1919-11-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,284 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Menchaca,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antonio Manchaca
    Antonio Manchaca 1800–1879
  • Antonio Menchaca Careaga 1921–2002 · military personnel

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Menchaca,
in the records of 3 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 States293 records

293 records of the Menchaca name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 218
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 45
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 23
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Frank S. Menchaca

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; driver from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, 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 Menchaca

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1955, died 1980; 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 Romana Menchaca

    Born 1873 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Frio County, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 293 records for Menchaca 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Menchaca 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 Joaquim Menchaca

    Born 1907 in Spain; died 1992 in Cestas (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

Netherlands1 record

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

    In the population register of Plencia (Sp.); born 1885 in Plencia (Sp.).

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (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 Menchaca.

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