The Sisneros surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,661 people carried this name — #7,174 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 63,300 people counted. That is up 12% from 4,177 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 148 people named Sisneros 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 Salta.

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

Where they live today

Salta 40
Santiago del Estero 38
Buenos Aires Province 37
Córdoba 18
Formosa 15

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

In print

Sisneros in American newspapers,
1901–1923.

Newspaper page from American Falls Press carrying the name Sisneros
American Falls Press 1923-10-04
Newspaper page from The Williams News carrying the name Sisneros
The Williams News 1917-08-02
Newspaper page from The Florence Tribune carrying the name Sisneros
The Florence Tribune 1901-10-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,453 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sisneros,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tim Sisneros 1953–2013 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 2 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sisneros,
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 States189 records

189 records of the Sisneros name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 85
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 60
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 40
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • 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 Alberto H. Sisneros

    Born 1906 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1941 at Santa Fe; cook from Mora County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, 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 Arturo Sylvester Sisneros

    Born 1949; from Dexter, New Mexico. U.S. Army, field artillery basic; killed in action 1969 in Kontum, 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 Cruz Sisneros

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1887, died 1965; buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

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

Showing 3 of 189 records for Sisneros in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Sisneros is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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