The Obregon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,172 people carried this name — #5,630 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,800 people counted. That is up 38% from 4,457 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 17,023 people named Obregon 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 6,895
Santa Fe 2,307
Corrientes 2,109
Chaco 2,051
City of Buenos Aires 725
Córdoba 631
Misiones 592
Formosa 383

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

30 people named Obregon live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.

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

Where they live today

St. Gallen 8
Geneva 7
Solothurn 4
Ticino 4
Vaud 4
Lucerne 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 print

Obregon in American newspapers,
1916–1919.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Obregon
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1919-11-29
Newspaper page from The Southern Herald carrying the name Obregon
The Southern Herald 1916-08-04
Newspaper page from The Brandon News carrying the name Obregon
The Brandon News 1916-05-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 61,003 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Obregon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eugene A. Obregon
    Eugene A. Obregon 1930–1950 · military personnel

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Obregon,
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 States235 records

235 records of the Obregon name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 173
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 29
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 22
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Antonio Obregon

    Born 1914 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; sales clerk from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1973, 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. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Raul Albert Obregon

    Born 1949; from Los Angeles, California. U.S. Marine Corps, machinegunner; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record David Obregon

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1959, died 1996; buried at Oakdale Memorial Park, Glendora, California.

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

Showing 3 of 235 records for Obregon 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 · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France5 records

5 records of the Obregon 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 Maria Del Carmen Obregon

    Born 1913 in Mexico; died 2000 in Martignas-sur-Jalle (Gironde).

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

    Born 1920 in Spain; died 2000 in Drancy (Seine-Saint-Denis).

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

    Born 1929 in Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis); died 1996 in Dole (Jura).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Obregon 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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