The Oropeza surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,082 people carried this name — #4,965 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,700 people counted. That is up 41% from 5,015 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,320 people named Oropeza 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 595
Salta 492
City of Buenos Aires 444
Mendoza 240
Jujuy 142
Chubut 85
Santa Cruz 75
Neuquén 65

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

In print

Oropeza in American newspapers,
1906–1930.

Newspaper page from El Nuevo Mexicano carrying the name Oropeza
El Nuevo Mexicano 1906-04-14
Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Oropeza
La Opinión 1930-06-25
Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Oropeza
La Opinión 1930-08-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 303 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Oropeza,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Daliri Oropeza 1901– · photographer
  • Pastor Oropeza 1901–1991 · physician
  • Juan Oropeza 1906–1971 · writer
  • Alejandro Oropeza 1910–1964 · politician
  • Margarita Oropeza 1947–2019 · writer
  • Jenny Oropeza 1957–2010 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Oropeza,
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 States155 records

155 records of the Oropeza name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 119
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 23
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jose A. Oropeza

    Born 1921 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso; farm hand from El Paso County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Manuel Garcia Oropeza

    Born 1948; from Los Angeles, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, 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 Manuel A. Oropeza

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1990; buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 155 records for Oropeza 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Oropeza name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Maria Oropeza

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1897 in Sucre.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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