The Oquendo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,455 people carried this name — #6,263 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,100 people counted. That is up 27% from 4,292 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Oquendo surname
Borrowed from Spanish Oquendo, Castilianized form of Basque Okendo. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Oquendo» (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 503 people named Oquendo 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Oquendo live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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
Oquendo in American newspapers,
1898.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Oquendo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio de Oquendo 1577–1640 · sailor -
Rebeca Oquendo 1847–1941 · painter -
Carlos Oquendo de Amat 1905–1936 · poet -
José Oquendo Reyes d. 2011 · journalist
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Juan Joaquín de Oquendo y Gil 1749–1802 · military leader
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Abelardo Oquendo Cueto 1930–2018 · docent
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 Oquendo,
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 States119 records
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 44
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 29
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Fruto James OquendoBorn 1949; from New York, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Ralph R. OquendoBorn 1900. Enlisted 1942 at New York City, from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, 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) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Ramon OquendoU.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1885, died 1958; buried at Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Puerto Rico.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 119 records for Oquendo in the United States.
Counts: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Canada1 record
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Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917 War record William Caesar OquendoDied in service in 1942.
Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Oquendo.
- Ongaro 262 · U.S. census
- Onorato 1,913 · U.S. census
- Ontiveros 16,382 · U.S. census
- Opfermann 110 · U.S. census
- Oppenheim 1,795 · U.S. census
- Oppermann 727 · U.S. census
- O'Quinn 5,439 · U.S. census
- Orabona 195 · U.S. census
- Oran 476 · U.S. census
- Orand 348 · U.S. census
- Orange 4,350 · U.S. census
- Orban 1,485 · U.S. census
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