The Mireles surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,186 people carried this name — #2,105 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,200 people counted. That is up 34% from 12,863 in 2000.

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In print

Mireles in American newspapers,
1914–1920.

Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Mireles
New-york Tribune 1920-10-06
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Mireles
Evening Star 1914-09-21
Newspaper page from The Pensacola Journal carrying the name Mireles
The Pensacola Journal 1918-05-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,269 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Mireles,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Celia Mireles Martinez 1915–1976 · singer-songwriter
  • Manuel Mireles Vaquera 1929–2021 · Catholic priest
  • Francisco Hernandez Mireles 1954–2023 · farmworker
  • José Babel Mireles Valverde 1958–2020 · physician

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

In the public record

People named Mireles,
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 States433 records

433 records of the Mireles name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 310
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 61
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 59
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ernesto Mireles

    Born 1923 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso; auto mechanic from El Paso County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, 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 U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Baldomero Mireles

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1895, died 1966; 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 Guadalupe Mireles

    Born 1888 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Bastrop County, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 433 records for Mireles in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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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