The Topete surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,473 people carried this name — #7,446 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 34% from 3,336 in 2000.

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In print

Topete in American newspapers,
1872.

Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-rico carrying the name Topete
Gazeta De Puerto-rico 1872-07-20
Newspaper page from Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico carrying the name Topete
Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico 1872-01-17
Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-rico carrying the name Topete
Gazeta De Puerto-rico 1872-07-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,260 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Topete,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Juan Bautista Topete
    Juan Bautista Topete 1821–1885 · military personnel
  • Juan de Dios Topete y Fuentes 1755–1828 · naval officer
  • Juan Bautista Topete y Viaña 1784–1847 · politician
  • Miguel Topete 1847–1875 · military personnel
  • Fausto Topete 1890–1954 · military personnel
  • Alejandro Topete del Valle 1908–1999 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Topete,
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 States44 records

44 records of the Topete name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 36
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joaquin D. Topete

    Born 1920 in California. Enlisted 1941 at Los Angeles; painter from Los Angeles County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Catherine Topete

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the City of Montreal from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 58. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Rudolph H. Topete

    U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Born 1918, died 1994; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

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

Showing 3 of 44 records for Topete 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. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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