The Munguia surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,615 people carried this name — #2,857 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,400 people counted. That is up 44% from 8,749 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Munguia surname

Borrowed from Spanish Munguía, Castilianized spelling of Basque Mungia, a habitational surname from a town near Bilbao.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Munguia» (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 253 people named Munguia 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 150
City of Buenos Aires 42
Santa Fe 30
Entre Ríos 17
Córdoba 14

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

In print

Munguia in American newspapers,
1928–1929.

Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Munguia
The Milwaukee Leader 1928-08-17
Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Munguia
La Opinión 1929-04-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 785 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Munguia,
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 States97 records

97 records of the Munguia name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 56
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 26
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Richard J. Munguia

    Born 1924 in Arizona. Enlisted 1943 at Phoenix, from Pima County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1988, buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

    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 Daniel Arcizo Munguia

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Born 1937, died 1997; buried at 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 Juana Munguia

    Born 1892 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in San Antonio, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 97 records for Munguia 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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).

France3 records

3 records of the Munguia 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 Yvonne Francoise Marie Munguia

    Born 1914 in Toulouse; died 1996 in Saint-Jean (Haute-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Alicia Munguia

    Born 1944 in Saint-Denis-en-Val; died 1999 in Orléans (Loiret).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Louise Anne Marie Munguia

    Born 1924 in Toulouse; died 1982 in Villefranche-de-Lauragais (Haute-Garonne).

    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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