The Renteria surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 27,976 people carried this name — #1,256 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,500 people counted. That is up 32% from 21,159 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Renteria surname

From Spanish Rentería, a Castilianization of Basque Errenteria, a habitational name from either of two Basque towns in Gipuzkoa and Biscay provinces.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Renteria» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 670 people named Renteria 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 259
City of Buenos Aires 114
Mendoza 110
Tucumán 44
Santa Fe 39
Jujuy 33
Salta 22
Santiago del Estero 17

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

22 people named Renteria live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 8
Geneva 7
Zurich 7

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

Renteria in American newspapers,
1919.

Newspaper page from New-York Tribune carrying the name Renteria
New-York Tribune 1919-08-25
Newspaper page from The Abbeville Press And Banner carrying the name Renteria
The Abbeville Press And Banner 1919-08-26
Newspaper page from The St. Mary Banner carrying the name Renteria
The St. Mary Banner 1919-08-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Renteria,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gorgonio Renteria 1868–1940 · writer
  • Flori Renteria 1936–2024
  • Jorge Rentería 2000–2015 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Renteria,
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 States444 records

444 records of the Renteria name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 292
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 100
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 48
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alphonso Renteria

    Born 1908 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; metal grinder from Los Angeles County, California. Veteran; died 1957, 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)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Louis Jesus Renteria

    Born 1947; from Eaton, Colorado. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1966 in Quang Tin, 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 Alberto Renteria

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1950, died 1977; buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 444 records for Renteria 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) · 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); 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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Renteria name in Australia Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Juan Renteria

    Of Coburg, Victoria; died 1993.

    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: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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