The Mosqueda surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,709 people carried this name — #3,668 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,400 people counted. That is up 44% from 6,739 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Mosqueda surname

Borrowed from Spanish Mosqueda; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mosqueda» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 3,414 people named Mosqueda 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 1,285
Santa Fe 479
Corrientes 479
Chaco 347
Misiones 212
City of Buenos Aires 191
Entre Ríos 142
Formosa 119

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

In print

Mosqueda in American newspapers,
1918–1922.

Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Mosqueda
La Prensa 1922-01-20
Newspaper page from Ajo Copper News carrying the name Mosqueda
Ajo Copper News 1918-11-08
Newspaper page from Ajo Copper News carrying the name Mosqueda
Ajo Copper News 1918-12-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 155 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Mosqueda,
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 States265 records

265 records of the Mosqueda name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 222
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 37
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 6
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lamberto A. Mosqueda

    Born 1902. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; construction laborer from Solano County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Robert U. Mosqueda

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1949, died 2000; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    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 Sara R. Mosqueda

    Born 1894 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Los Angeles County, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 265 records for Mosqueda 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). 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 Mosqueda 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 Gloria Mosqueda

    Born 1929 in Barcelona Etat de Anzoategui (Vénézuéla); died 1998 in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine).

    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).

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