The Negrete surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,245 people carried this name — #2,384 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,300 people counted. That is up 36% from 11,188 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Negrete surname

Borrowed from Spanish Negrete. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Negrete» (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 2,471 people named Negrete 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 1,262
Córdoba 529
City of Buenos Aires 149
Santa Fe 148
Chaco 66
Mendoza 46
Formosa 45
Neuquén 43

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

In print

Negrete in American newspapers,
1865–1918.

Newspaper page from The Evening Herald carrying the name Negrete
The Evening Herald 1918-01-28
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Negrete
The New York Herald 1870-08-15
Newspaper page from New Orleans Tribune carrying the name Negrete
New Orleans Tribune 1865-07-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,476 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Negrete,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Manuel Negrete de la Torre
    Manuel Negrete de la Torre 1736–1818 · civil servant
  • José Negrete y Cepeda
    José Negrete y Cepeda 1812–1836 · writer
  • Miguel Negrete
    Miguel Negrete 1824–1897 · military personnel
  • Miguel Negrete
    Miguel Negrete 1824–1897 · military personnel
  • Manuel Estanislao Negrete Hernandez d. 1973 · farmworker
  • Sergio Osman Negrete Castillo d. 1973

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Negrete,
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 States471 records

471 records of the Negrete name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 385
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 65
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 17
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Baudelio G. Negrete

    Born 1926. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Douglas, Utah; farmer from Orange County, California. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Augustine Negrete

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1934, died 2001; buried at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Nevada.

    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 Josefa Negrete

    Born 1893 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Chicago, Illinois, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 471 records for Negrete 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). 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 Negrete 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 Pierre Negrete

    Born 1942 in Levallois-Perret (Paris); died 1987 in Guebwiller (Haut-Rhin).

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

    Born 1926 in Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques); died 2000 in Spain.

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

    Born 1914 in Paris; died 1983 in Billy (Allier).

    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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