The Penaloza surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,026 people carried this name — #5,003 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,000 people counted. That is up 66% from 4,223 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 9,575 people named Penaloza 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 2,053
Córdoba 1,566
Mendoza 965
Jujuy 781
San Juan 674
City of Buenos Aires 558
Tucumán 521
Salta 478

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

31 people named Penaloza live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.

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

Where they live today

Neuchâtel 18
Zurich 7
Bern 3
Geneva 3

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

Penaloza in American newspapers,
1897–1906.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Penaloza
The Washington Times 1906-02-10
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Penaloza
New-york Tribune 1906-02-11
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Penaloza
The Sun 1897-10-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 562 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Penaloza,
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 States33 records

33 records of the Penaloza name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 26
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 4
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joe B. Penaloza

    Born 1915 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Sam Houston, from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1980, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1897, died 1963; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Virginia S. Penaloza

    Born 1873 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Uvalde County, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 33 records for Penaloza 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). 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Penaloza 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 Carlos Adalberto Penaloza

    Born 1956 in Argentina; died 1993 in Paris.

    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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