The Vigil surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 29,382 people carried this name — #1,205 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,000 people counted. That is up 12% from 26,224 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,143 people named Vigil 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 583
Córdoba 166
City of Buenos Aires 158
Santa Fe 140
Chaco 27
Mendoza 25
San Luis 18
Santa Cruz 14

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

In print

Vigil in American newspapers,
1904–1917.

Newspaper page from El Democrata Fronterizo carrying the name Vigil
El Democrata Fronterizo 1913-05-10
Newspaper page from Snips And The St. Johns Herald carrying the name Vigil
Snips And The St. Johns Herald 1904-06-25
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Vigil
La Prensa 1917-08-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 98,708 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Vigil in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

231 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Vigil. The most, 45, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 55
Queensland 54
Victoria 53
South Australia 34
Tasmania 14
Western Australia 14
ACT (Canberra) 5

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Vigil.

Who carried it

People named Vigil,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Donaciano Vigil
    Donaciano Vigil 1802–1877 · politician
  • Ciriaco Miguel Vigil
    Ciriaco Miguel Vigil 1819–1903 · writer
  • José María Vigil
    José María Vigil 1829–1909 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 57 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Vigil,
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 States1,077 records

1,077 records of the Vigil name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 510
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 457
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 90
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Louis David Vigil

    Born 1945; from Denver, Colorado. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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 Filbert J. Vigil

    Born 1933; from Denver County, Colorado. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1952 in North Korea. Buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Flavio R. Vigil

    Born 1913 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; foreman from Bernalillo County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,077 records for Vigil in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain).

France9 records

9 records of the Vigil 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 Maria De Los Vigil

    Born 1910 in Spain; died 1993 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean-Pierre Vigil

    Born 1964 in Toulouse; died 2001 in L'Union (Haute-Garonne).

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

    Born 1902 in Dominique; died 1998 in Capesterre-Belle-Eau (Guadeloupe).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Vigil 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).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Vigil name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Timothée Vigil

    Born 1809 in Maastricht. Died 1809 in Maastricht.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Vigil in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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