The Sifuentes surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,954 people carried this name — #3,293 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,000 people counted. That is up 38% from 7,911 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,416 people named Sifuentes 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 Neuquén.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Neuquén 419
Chubut 233
Mendoza 191
Buenos Aires Province 186
Río Negro 149
City of Buenos Aires 147
Santa Cruz 24
Córdoba 23

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

In print

Sifuentes in American newspapers,
1882–1925.

Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Sifuentes
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1882-03-25
Newspaper page from El Fronterizo carrying the name Sifuentes
El Fronterizo 1925-04-29
Newspaper page from Washingtoner Journal carrying the name Sifuentes
Washingtoner Journal 1882-03-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 303 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sifuentes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pascual Sifuentes Collao 1882–1945 · politician
  • Aureliano Sifuentes Agudo 1945–2014 · teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sifuentes,
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 States200 records

200 records of the Sifuentes name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 125
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 37
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 37
  • 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 Samuel B. Sifuentes

    Born 1910 in Mexico. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; packer from El Paso County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Daniel T. Sifuentes

    Born 1931; from Pima County, Arizona. U.S. Army, combat construction specialist; killed in action 1952 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 Cesar Augusto Sifuentes

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1945, died 1996; buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 200 records for Sifuentes 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) · 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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