The Ovalle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,698 people carried this name — #4,610 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,300 people counted. That is up 41% from 5,466 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,247 people named Ovalle 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 318
Río Negro 160
City of Buenos Aires 130
Chubut 124
Neuquén 122
Entre Ríos 91
Salta 65
Mendoza 63

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

In print

Ovalle in American newspapers,
1913–1922.

Newspaper page from La Crónica carrying the name Ovalle
La Crónica 1914-07-11
Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Ovalle
Brownsville Herald 1913-01-20
Newspaper page from Tonopah Daily Bonanza carrying the name Ovalle
Tonopah Daily Bonanza 1922-12-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 787 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Ovalle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alonso de Ovalle
    Alonso de Ovalle 1603–1651 · writer
  • José Tomás Ovalle
    José Tomás Ovalle 1787–1831 · lawyer
  • José Tomás Ovalle
    José Tomás Ovalle 1787–1831 · lawyer
  • Juan Ríos Ovalle
    Juan Ríos Ovalle 1863–1928 · composer
  • José Aníbal Ovalle Castilla d. 2007
  • Juana de la Mora de Ovalle 1582–1660

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 Ovalle,
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 States168 records

168 records of the Ovalle name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 115
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 23
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 23
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Porfirio M. Ovalle

    Born 1949; from San Antonio, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Frank Ovalle

    Born 1917 in California. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro; ironworker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, 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 Leonardo Ovalle

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1933, died 1990; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 168 records for Ovalle in the United States.

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

Australia1 record

1 record of the Ovalle name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Ovalle

    Sailed from Victoria in 1854 aboard the Havillah II, bound for Adelaide, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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Surnames next to Ovalle.

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