The Peraza surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,949 people carried this name — #5,811 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,500 people counted. That is up 49% from 4,005 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 271 people named Peraza 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 174
City of Buenos Aires 86
Córdoba 11

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

In print

Peraza in American newspapers,
1900–1930.

Newspaper page from La Gaceta carrying the name Peraza
La Gaceta 1930-01-06
Newspaper page from The Greenville Times carrying the name Peraza
The Greenville Times 1900-01-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,629 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Peraza,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Armando Peraza
    Armando Peraza 1924–2014 · composer
  • Francisco de Peraza 1564–1598 · composer
  • Fermín Peraza Sarausa 1907–1969 · librarian
  • Andrés Peraza 1922–1998 · sculptor
  • Luis Peraza 1942–2011 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Peraza,
in the records of the United States.

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 States68 records

68 records of the Peraza name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 42
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 16
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 6
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Amado C. Peraza

    Born 1912. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York, from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1962, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Joseph J. Peraza

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1941, died 1999; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Rafaela Peraza

    Born 1882 in Cuba. Registered as a foreign national in Tampa, Florida, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 68 records for Peraza 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). 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).

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