The Vanegas surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,444 people carried this name — #4,756 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,700 people counted. That is up 55% from 4,795 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Vanegas surname

Borrowed from Spanish Vanegas. This surname is predominantly found in Colombia.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vanegas» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 958 people named Vanegas 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 453
City of Buenos Aires 154
Santa Fe 76
Córdoba 63
Tucumán 49
Salta 32
Santiago del Estero 31
Entre Ríos 30

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

31 people named Vanegas live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 12
Bern 9
Aargau 5
Vaud 5

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

Vanegas in American newspapers,
1844–1914.

Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Vanegas
The Laramie Republican 1914-06-03
Newspaper page from New-york Daily Tribune carrying the name Vanegas
New-york Daily Tribune 1844-05-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 580 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Vanegas,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Fernando Durán Vanegas 1905–1940 · writer
  • Luis Fernando Vanegas Boscón 1957–2007

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

In the public record

People named Vanegas,
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 States41 records

41 records of the Vanegas name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 28
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 8
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joe L. Vanegas

    Born 1922 in Mexico. Enlisted 1943 at Kalamazoo, Michigan; stock clerk from Clinton County, Michigan.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Roberto Vanegas

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1943, died 1984; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Ines Vanegas

    Born 1915 in Columbia. Registered as a foreign national in Washington, District Of Columbia, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 41 records for Vanegas 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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