The Montesdeoca surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,820 people carried this name — #5,922 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,800 people counted. That is up 47% from 3,966 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 73 people named Montesdeoca 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 33
City of Buenos Aires 29
Entre Ríos 11

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

In print

Montesdeoca in American newspapers,
1829–1930.

Newspaper page from La Correspondencia De Puerto Rico carrying the name Montesdeoca
La Correspondencia De Puerto Rico 1901-02-16
Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Montesdeoca
La Opinión 1930-03-02
Newspaper page from The Arkansas Gazette carrying the name Montesdeoca
The Arkansas Gazette 1829-02-18

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

In the public record

People named Montesdeoca,
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 States6 records

6 records of the Montesdeoca name in the United States U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955
  1. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Santiago Montesdeoca

    Born 1918 in Teror, Spain. Entered the United States at New York in 1947. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Carlos A. Montesdeoca

    Born 1895 in Riobamba, Ecuador. Entered the United States at Miami in 1946. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Oscar Montesdeoca

    Born 1921 in Haiti. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

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

Showing 3 of 6 records for Montesdeoca in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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