The Ordaz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,753 people carried this name — #4,578 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,000 people counted. That is up 49% from 5,211 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 79 people named Ordaz 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.

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

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 40
Buenos Aires Province 39

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

In print

Ordaz in American newspapers,
1905.

Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Ordaz
The Billings Gazette 1905-02-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Ordaz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Diego de Ordaz
    Diego de Ordaz 1480–1532 · military personnel
  • Gustavo Díaz-Ordaz 1911–1979 · lawyer
  • Everardo Ordaz 1913–1982 · pianist

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 Ordaz,
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 States145 records

145 records of the Ordaz name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 112
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 21
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 12
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Tom M. Ordaz

    Born 1916 in Colorado. Enlisted 1943 at Denver; driver from Chaffe County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Fernando E. Ordaz

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1931, died 1965; buried at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    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 Maria D. Ordaz

    Born 1905 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Los Angeles, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 145 records for Ordaz 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). 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).

France3 records

3 records of the Ordaz 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 Vincent Ordaz

    Born 1926 in Le Havre (Seine-Maritime); died 1997 in Charenton-le-Pont (Val-de-Marne).

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

    Born 1930 in Le Havre; died 1974 in Le Havre (Seine-Maritime).

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

    Born 1923 in Spain; died 1998 in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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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