The Roybal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,725 people carried this name — #5,197 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,900 people counted. That is up 7% from 6,263 in 2000.

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In print

Roybal in American newspapers,
1910–1920.

Newspaper page from The Illinois Issue carrying the name Roybal
The Illinois Issue 1911-12-22
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Roybal
El Paso Herald 1910-06-17
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Roybal
La Prensa 1920-04-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,051 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Roybal,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edward Ross Roybal
    Edward Ross Roybal 1916–2005 · politician
  • Maria Nicolasa Roybal 1884–1969
  • José D. Roybal 1922–1978 · painter
  • Toby Roybal 1931–1962 · basketball 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 Roybal,
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 States356 records

356 records of the Roybal name in the United States
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 194
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 156
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Filogonio Roybal

    Born 1917 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Santa Fe; construction laborer. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    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 Anthony Wilfred Roybal

    Born 1946; from Trinidad, Colorado. U.S. Army, armor reconnaissance specialist; killed in action 1967 in Long Khanh, 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 Tovias Roybal

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1962; buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

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

Showing 3 of 356 records for Roybal in the United States.

Counts: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

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