The Sanmiguel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,513 people carried this name — #6,204 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,500 people counted. That is up 20% from 4,588 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 70 people named Sanmiguel 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 City of Buenos Aires.

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

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 32
Buenos Aires Province 23
Santa Fe 15

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

In print

Sanmiguel in American newspapers,
1907–1926.

Newspaper page from Springfield Weekly Republican carrying the name Sanmiguel
Springfield Weekly Republican 1926-11-11
Newspaper page from Gainesville Daily Sun carrying the name Sanmiguel
Gainesville Daily Sun 1909-03-31
Newspaper page from La Democracia carrying the name Sanmiguel
La Democracia 1907-05-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 278 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sanmiguel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • José Goterris Sanmiguel 1873–1930 · composer

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sanmiguel,
in the records of 4 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 States203 records

203 records of the Sanmiguel name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 105
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 51
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 40
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jesse Sanmiguel

    Born 1912 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at San Antonio; mechanic from Bexar County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Jesus A. San Miguel

    U.S. Coast Guard veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1949, died 1973; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Francisca D. Sanmiguel

    Born 1886 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Los Angeles, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 203 records for Sanmiguel in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); 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).

Australia33 records

33 records of the Sanmiguel name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 27
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 5
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Antonio Richard San Miguel

    Retired of Box Hill North, Victoria; died 1977.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record J. C. Sanmiguel

    Arrived in Victoria in 1922 aboard the Ormonde, aged 23.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Angel Sanmiguel

    In the Western Australian Biographical Index; born 1848.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 33 records for Sanmiguel in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France28 records

28 records of the Sanmiguel 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 Julio Marcel Sanmiguel

    Born 1904 in Biarritz; died 1978 in Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

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

    Born 1932 in Bordeaux (Gironde); died 1986 in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

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

    Born 1918 in Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan; died 1990 in Cambo-les-Bains (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 28 records for Sanmiguel in France.

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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Sanmiguel name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elsio San Miguel

    Died 1982, aged 61; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Consolacion San Miguel

    Died 1997, aged 73; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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Surnames next to Sanmiguel.

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