The Tafoya surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,114 people carried this name — #3,532 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,200 people counted. That is up 12% from 9,014 in 2000.

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In print

Tafoya in American newspapers,
1910–1938.

Newspaper page from St. Johns Herald And Apache News carrying the name Tafoya
St. Johns Herald And Apache News 1910-03-03
Newspaper page from The Indian Leader carrying the name Tafoya
The Indian Leader 1920-06-04
Newspaper page from El Mensajero carrying the name Tafoya
El Mensajero 1938-10-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,469 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Tafoya,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Santana Tafoya Gutierrez 1860–1930
  • Camilio Sunflower Tafoya 1902–1995 · artist
  • Madeline Tafoya Naranjo 1912–2002
  • Teofilo Tafoya 1915– · artist
  • Arthur Nicholas Tafoya 1933–2018 · Catholic priest
  • LuAnn Tafoya 1938–1988 · ceramicist

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

In the public record

People named Tafoya,
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 States382 records

382 records of the Tafoya name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 185
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 138
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 48
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Olivio Tafoya

    Born 1950; from Albuquerque, New Mexico. U.S. Army, aircraft maintenance apprentice; killed in action 1969 in Pleiku, South Vietnam. Buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Juan L. Tafoya

    Born 1913 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1941 at Santa Fe; farm hand from Colfax County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Black Lake Cemetery, Ocate, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Eligio P. Tafoya

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1893, died 1986; buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

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

Showing 3 of 382 records for Tafoya 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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