The Menjivar surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,622 people carried this name — #4,116 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,200 people counted. That is up 79% from 4,819 in 2000.

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In print

Menjivar in American newspapers,
1917.

Newspaper page from Hispano América carrying the name Menjivar
Hispano América 1917-04-22
Newspaper page from Hispano América carrying the name Menjivar
Hispano América 1917-12-02
Newspaper page from Hispano América carrying the name Menjivar
Hispano América 1917-11-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Menjivar,
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 States15 records

15 records of the Menjivar name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ricardo A. Menjivar

    Born 1923 in Salvador. Enlisted 1944 at Presidio of Monterey, California, from San Francisco County, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Joseph Philip Menjivar

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1906, died 1960; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Jose Menjivar

    Born 1917 in El Salvador. Registered as a foreign national in San Francisco, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 15 records for Menjivar 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). 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).

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