The Tavarez surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,201 people carried this name — #3,503 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,900 people counted. That is up 52% from 6,690 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 300 people named Tavarez 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 Misiones.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Misiones 157
Buenos Aires Province 121
City of Buenos Aires 22

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

50 people named Tavarez live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 19
Ticino 16
Aargau 6
Bern 6
Schaffhausen 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Tavarez in American newspapers,
1893.

Newspaper page from The Record-union carrying the name Tavarez
The Record-union 1893-03-20
Newspaper page from St. Paul Daily Globe carrying the name Tavarez
St. Paul Daily Globe 1893-03-20
Newspaper page from The Helena Independent carrying the name Tavarez
The Helena Independent 1893-03-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,130 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Tavarez,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Leonard Tavarez 1938–1991 · boxer
  • Rosa Tavárez 1939–2023 · painter
  • Betito Tavares 1979–2022 · actor
  • Shannon Tavarez 1999–2010 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Tavarez,
in the records of 3 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 States66 records

66 records of the Tavarez name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 38
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 14
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 9
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Abel D. Tavarez

    Born 1917 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; store manager from Bexar County. U.S. Army 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. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jose Rafael Tavarez

    Born 1946; from New York, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Kien Phong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Concepcion Tavarez

    Born 1884 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in San Antonio, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 66 records for Tavarez 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Tavarez name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record J. Tavarez

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Water Lily, aged 28; Portuguese.

    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 F. J. Tavarez

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Water Lily, aged 22; Portuguese.

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

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Water Lily, aged 22; Portuguese.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Tavarez in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Tavarez 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 Leonard Tavarez

    Born 1938 in Senegal; died 1991 in Saint-Cloud (Hauts-de-Seine).

    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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