The Ocasio surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,293 people carried this name — #3,815 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,700 people counted. That is up 21% from 7,685 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Ocasio surname

Apparently from ocasión (“time, occasion”), but the meaning as a surname is unexplained.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ocasio» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the public record

People named Ocasio,
in the records of the United States.

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 States189 records

189 records of the Ocasio name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 77
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 68
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 29
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Felix G. Ocasio

    Born 1918. Enlisted 1941 at New York City; office clerk from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Felix Ocasio

    Born 1947; from New York, New York. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, 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 Luis A. Ocasio

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1997; buried at Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Puerto Rico.

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

Showing 3 of 189 records for Ocasio in the United States.

Counts: 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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).

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