The Noriega surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,559 people carried this name — #2,477 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,200 people counted. That is up 31% from 11,089 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Noriega surname

A surname from Spanish, most associated with Panaman president and dictator Manuel Noriega.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Noriega» (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 11,781 people named Noriega 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 3,306
Santiago del Estero 2,020
Córdoba 1,859
Santa Fe 1,123
Entre Ríos 622
City of Buenos Aires 566
Catamarca 497
Tucumán 298

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

35 people named Noriega live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 18
Geneva 11
Aargau 3
Zurich 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 24 people named Noriega.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Gironde.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Gironde 8
Charente-Maritime 1
Landes 1
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1
Paris 1
Seine-Maritime 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Noriega in American newspapers,
1891–1948.

Newspaper page from New-York Tribune carrying the name Noriega
New-York Tribune 1891-04-05
Newspaper page from La Gaceta carrying the name Noriega
La Gaceta 1948-03-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,167 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Noriega in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1990s.

37 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Noriega. The most, 13, date from the 1990s.

Articles, by state

ACT (Canberra) 19
New South Wales 8
Victoria 1

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

Who carried it

People named Noriega,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Servando Teresa de Mier
    Servando Teresa de Mier 1763–1827 · writer
  • Antonio Noriega de Bada
    Antonio Noriega de Bada 1769–1808 · politician
  • Antonio Noriega Varela
    Antonio Noriega Varela 1869–1947 · writer
  • Zenón Noriega Agüero
    Zenón Noriega Agüero 1900–1957 · politician
  • Eduardo Noriega
    Eduardo Noriega 1916–2007 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Servando Teresa de Mier: Jaontiveros, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Zenón Noriega Agüero: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 82 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Noriega,
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 States475 records

475 records of the Noriega name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 331
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 94
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 31
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Apolinar Noriega

    Born 1912 in Maine. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; optician from Bexar County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Jesus Noriega

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1946, died 1988; buried at Fort Sam 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 Carmen Noriega

    Born 1875 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in San Francisco, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 475 records for Noriega 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

France4 records

4 records of the Noriega 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 Andres Miquel Noriega

    Born 1927 in Spain; died 1990 in Besançon (Doubs).

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

    Born 1904 in Spain; died 1993 in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

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

    Born 1951 in Escoussans; died 1994 in Bordeaux (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Noriega 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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