The Oceguera surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,599 people carried this name — #9,081 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,000 people counted. That is down 12% from 4,078 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Oceguera surname

Borrowed from Spanish Oceguera, variant of Oseguera. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.

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

In print

Oceguera in American newspapers,
1916–1928.

Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Oceguera
La Prensa 1919-05-28
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Oceguera
El Tucsonense 1928-09-08
Newspaper page from La Crónica carrying the name Oceguera
La Crónica 1916-10-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Oceguera,
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 States42 records

42 records of the Oceguera name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 41
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Genaro J. Oceguera

    Born 1909 in Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Phoenix, Arizona; driver from Pima County, Arizona.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Maria R. Oceguera

    Born 1886 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Ventura County, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Ramon Oceguera

    Born 1917 in Mexico. Entered the United States at Nogales in 1949. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

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

Showing 3 of 42 records for Oceguera 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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