The Terrazas surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,569 people carried this name — #3,378 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,900 people counted. That is up 31% from 8,044 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,722 people named Terrazas 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 1,250
City of Buenos Aires 558
Salta 300
Jujuy 146
Mendoza 93
Santa Cruz 62
Córdoba 61
Tucumán 47

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

In print

Terrazas in American newspapers,
1914–1920.

Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Terrazas
The Washington Herald 1920-09-26
Newspaper page from The St. Charles Herald carrying the name Terrazas
The St. Charles Herald 1918-12-07
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Terrazas
Evening Star 1914-05-24

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

Who carried it

People named Terrazas,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Luis Terrazas
    Luis Terrazas 1829–1923 · businessperson
  • Luis Terrazas
    Luis Terrazas 1829–1923 · businessperson
  • Matías Terrazas d. 1826 · writer
  • Juan Terrazas 1909–1947 · association football player
  • Hernán Terrazas Céspedes 1926–2020 · military personnel
  • Patricia Terrazas Allen 1943–1998 · politician

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 Terrazas,
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 States270 records

270 records of the Terrazas name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 153
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 66
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 49
  • 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 Salvador R. Terrazas

    Born 1926 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; aircraft worker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    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 Juan Luis Terrazas

    Born 1947; from Los Angeles, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Thua Thien, 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 Ricardo C. Terrazas

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1933, died 1990; buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 270 records for Terrazas 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). 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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Surnames next to Terrazas.

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