The Sarabia surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,695 people carried this name — #4,082 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,900 people counted. That is up 41% from 6,170 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Sarabia surname

A surname of Basque origin.

From Portuguese, of Galician origin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sarabia» (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 2,213 people named Sarabia 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 1,068
City of Buenos Aires 167
Chaco 130
Santa Fe 127
Mendoza 117
Jujuy 92
Formosa 87
Misiones 79

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

In print

Sarabia in American newspapers,
1907–1908.

Newspaper page from Bisbee Daily Review carrying the name Sarabia
Bisbee Daily Review 1907-07-04
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Sarabia
Evening Star 1907-07-14
Newspaper page from Los Angeles Herald carrying the name Sarabia
Los Angeles Herald 1908-04-26

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

Who carried it

People named Sarabia,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alonso Saravia
    Alonso Saravia d. 1521 · list of people associated with the Revolt of the Comuneros
  • Juan Sarabia
    Juan Sarabia 1882–1920 · politician
  • Francisco Sarabia
    Francisco Sarabia 1900–1939 · aircraft pilot
  • Manuel Sarabia d. 1931 · photographer
  • Arsenio Sarabia Fritz d. 1973
  • José de Sarabia 1608–1699 · painter

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 Sarabia,
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 States148 records

148 records of the Sarabia name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 95
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 37
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Fidel Sarabia

    Born 1913 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; construction laborer. U.S. Army veteran; died 1995, buried at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Las Cruces, 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 Philip Sarabia

    Born 1931; from El Paso County, Texas. U.S. Army, pioneer; killed in action 1950 in North Korea.

    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 Ramon Sarabia

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1950, died 1998; buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 148 records for Sarabia 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

France3 records

3 records of the Sarabia 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 Roberto Sarabia

    Born 1917 in Spain; died 1995 in Chezal-Benoît (Cher).

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

    Born 1927 in Morocco; died 1990 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).

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

    Born 1942 in Paris; died 1995 in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    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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Surnames next to Sarabia.

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