The Ornelas surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 22,969 people carried this name — #1,568 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,800 people counted. That is up 33% from 17,278 in 2000.

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In print

Ornelas in American newspapers,
1920.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Ornelas
Evening Star 1920-10-17
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Ornelas
Evening Star 1920-10-28
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Ornelas
The Washington Times 1920-10-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,113 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Ornelas,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Teotónio de Ornelas Bruges Paim da Câmara
    Teotónio de Ornelas Bruges Paim da Câmara 1807–1870 · politician
  • Teotónio de Ornelas Bruges Paim da Câmara de Noronha Ponce de Leon
    Teotónio de Ornelas Bruges Paim da Câmara de Noronha Ponce de Leon 1836–1907 · politician
  • Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos
    Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos 1837–1880 · Catholic priest
  • Aires de Ornelas
    Aires de Ornelas 1866–1930 · writer
  • Aires de Ornelas
    Aires de Ornelas 1866–1930 · writer
  • Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos 1612–1689 · landlord

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 Ornelas,
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 States610 records

610 records of the Ornelas name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 457
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 88
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Carl John Ornelas

    Born 1948; from Wichita, Kansas. U.S. Marine Corps, bulk fuel specialist; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joseph C. Ornelas

    Born 1914 in Missouri. Enlisted 1941 at Los Angeles, California; driver from Los Angeles County, California. U.S. Army veteran; died 1964, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Carl Lawrence Ornelas

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1966, died 2000; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Manzanola, Colorado.

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

Showing 3 of 610 records for Ornelas 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Ornelas 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 Alda Ornelas

    Born 1912 in Portugal; died 1994 in Mauléon-Licharre (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

    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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