The Saldivar surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,250 people carried this name — #2,097 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,100 people counted. That is up 32% from 13,095 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Saldivar surname

Borrowed from Spanish Saldívar, from Basque Zaldivar.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Saldivar» (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 3,358 people named Saldivar 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 1,600
Formosa 479
City of Buenos Aires 307
Mendoza 247
San Juan 173
Misiones 153
Chaco 114
Santa Fe 52

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

In print

Saldivar in American newspapers,
1918–1932.

Newspaper page from The Arizona Copper Camp carrying the name Saldivar
The Arizona Copper Camp 1918-06-29
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Saldivar
El Tucsonense 1925-01-03
Newspaper page from Imperial Valley Press carrying the name Saldivar
Imperial Valley Press 1932-01-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,015 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Saldivar,
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 States332 records

332 records of the Saldivar name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 263
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 42
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 25
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Luis Saldivar

    Born 1905 in Mexico. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; transport worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, 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. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jose Angel Saldivar

    Born 1943; from El Paso, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, 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 Felipe Saldivar

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1935, died 1998; buried at Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens, Brownsville, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 332 records for Saldivar 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) · 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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