The Venegas surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,851 people carried this name — #1,722 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,100 people counted. That is up 42% from 14,677 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,806 people named Venegas 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 842
Neuquén 627
Río Negro 316
City of Buenos Aires 271
Mendoza 174
Córdoba 90
Misiones 86
Tucumán 82

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

46 people named Venegas live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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 16
Fribourg 10
Schwyz 5
Basel-Landschaft 4
Thurgau 4
Vaud 4
Bern 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

Venegas in American newspapers,
1809–1920.

Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Venegas
La Prensa 1920-01-23
Newspaper page from The Enquirer carrying the name Venegas
The Enquirer 1809-10-10
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Venegas
The New York Herald 1875-07-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,864 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Venegas,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elizabeth Venegas Muñoz d. 1973 · student
  • Raimundo Venegas d. 1902 · merchant
  • Gonzalo Venegas d. 1472 · Catholic priest
  • Jorge Patricio Venegas Labra d. 1973
  • Luis Venegas de Henestrosa 1510–1571 · composer
  • Francisco Venegas 1525–1594 · painter

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

In the public record

People named Venegas,
in the records of 2 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 States348 records

348 records of the Venegas name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 254
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 60
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 31
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • 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 Isah C. Venegas

    Born 1918 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Los Angeles, California; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at Riverside 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 Vernon Bernabe Venegas

    Born 1948; from Joliet, Illinois. U.S. Marine Corps; died in an accident 1968 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 Christopher Venegas

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1952, died 1992; buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 348 records for Venegas 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France5 records

5 records of the Venegas 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 Cesaro Venegas

    Born 1915 in Spain; died 2000 in Créteil (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Josefa Claudina Venegas

    Born 1909 in Spain; died 1992 in Ossun (Hautes-Pyrénées).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Miguel Venegas

    Born 1923 in Spain; died 1992 in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Venegas in France.

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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