The Ybarra surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 22,211 people carried this name — #1,619 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,300 people counted. That is up 11% from 20,013 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Ybarra surname

A surname from Basque.

Originally an alternative spelling of Ibarra, from Basque ibar (“hill”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ybarra» (Spanish), 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 8,344 people named Ybarra 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 3,297
Santiago del Estero 1,552
Tucumán 735
Santa Fe 540
Córdoba 522
Corrientes 280
City of Buenos Aires 271
Chaco 266

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

In print

Ybarra in American newspapers,
1892–1917.

Newspaper page from The Evening Bulletin carrying the name Ybarra
The Evening Bulletin 1892-05-07
Newspaper page from The Independent carrying the name Ybarra
The Independent 1903-07-31
Newspaper page from White Pine News Weekly Mining Review carrying the name Ybarra
White Pine News Weekly Mining Review 1917-12-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,602 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ybarra in Australian newspapers,
1920s–1930s.

21 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ybarra. The most, 11, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 9
New South Wales 7
Queensland 4

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

Who carried it

People named Ybarra,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga
    Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga 1843–1900 · religious
  • Tomás Ybarra y González
    Tomás Ybarra y González 1847–1916 · businessperson
  • Luis María de Ybarra y Oriol
    Luis María de Ybarra y Oriol 1912–2001 · businessperson
  • Bruno de Ibarra y Echevarría 1694–
  • Juan Bautista Ybarra Rementeria 1727–
  • José Ybarra Ballibian 1749–1791

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Luis María de Ybarra y Oriol: Manuel Castells, CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 104 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ybarra,
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 States1,013 records

1,013 records of the Ybarra name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 630
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 245
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 128
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ricardo Ybarra

    Born 1947; from El Paso, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, machinegunner; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

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

    Born 1918 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Sam Houston; farm hand from Nueces County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Salvador A. Ybarra

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1996; buried at San Luis Cemetery, Chamberino, New Mexico.

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

Showing 3 of 1,013 records for Ybarra 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Ybarra name in Australia Queensland State Archives indexes
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Nicolas Ybarra

    Arrived in Queensland in 1911 aboard the Waipara, aged 23.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Nicolas Ybarra

    Came to Queensland as an immigrant in 1911 aboard the Waipara, aged 18.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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