The Quijada surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,908 people carried this name — #6,856 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,200 people counted. That is up 46% from 3,365 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,300 people named Quijada 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 328
Río Negro 257
Neuquén 218
City of Buenos Aires 118
Córdoba 76
Mendoza 66
Chubut 56
Santa Fe 54

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 20 people named Quijada.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Gironde.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Gironde 3
Seine-et-Marne 3
Bouches-du-Rhône 2
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 2
Aveyron 1
Sarthe 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Quijada in American newspapers,
1890.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Quijada
Evening Star 1890-02-15
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Quijada
Evening Star 1890-04-26
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Quijada
Evening Star 1890-03-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,039 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Quijada,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hermes Quijada
    Hermes Quijada 1920–1973 · military personnel

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 Quijada,
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 States126 records

126 records of the Quijada name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 90
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 29
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 6
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ignacio V. Quijada

    Born 1911 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles; upholsterer from Los Angeles County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (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 Joe D. Quijada

    Born 1916 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles; cement from Ventura County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); 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 Gertrudes Quijada

    Born 1864 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Kern County, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 126 records for Quijada 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France3 records

3 records of the Quijada 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 Marie-Jose Quijada

    Born 1946 in Eysines; died 1984 in Bordeaux (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Joseph Quijada

    Born 1906 in Spain; died 1991 in Lamalou-les-Bains (Hérault).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Joachin Quijada

    Born 1926 in Spain; died 1992 in Coulommiers (Seine-et-Marne).

    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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