The Najera surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,340 people carried this name — #1,971 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,100 people counted. That is up 49% from 12,270 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 262 people named Najera 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 149
City of Buenos Aires 76
Córdoba 22
Tierra del Fuego 15

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

In print

Najera in American newspapers,
1846–1930.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Najera
El Tucsonense 1930-06-10
Newspaper page from El Mundo carrying the name Najera
El Mundo 1925-06-07
Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-rico carrying the name Najera
Gazeta De Puerto-rico 1846-05-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,061 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Najera in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1940s.

28 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Najera. The most, 23, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 9
Queensland 8
New South Wales 4
Western Australia 2
South Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Najera.

In the public record

People named Najera,
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 States301 records

301 records of the Najera name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 229
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 42
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 28
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Manuel Chick Najera

    Born 1950; from Oakland, California. U.S. Army, field artillery basic; died in an accident 1971 in Pleiku, South Vietnam. Buried at San Francisco National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Manuel Najera

    Born 1915 in Mexico. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; driver from El Paso County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, 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)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Carlos Ledesma Najera

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1938, died 2000; buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 301 records for Najera 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) · 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France5 records

5 records of the Najera 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 Juan Ramon Najera

    Born 1934 in Spain; died 1998 in Vichy (Allier).

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

    Born 1907 in Spain; died 1993 in Le Creusot (Saône-et-Loire).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Miguel Philippe Raymond Najera

    Born 1957 in Drancy (Seine-Saint-Denis); died 1996 in Tours (Indre-et-Loire).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Najera in France.

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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