The Zamarripa surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,322 people carried this name — #4,820 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,300 people counted. That is up 33% from 5,522 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Zamarripa surname

Borrowed from Spanish Zamarripa, itself of Basque origin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zamarripa» (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 51 people named Zamarripa 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 Entre Ríos.

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

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 26
Buenos Aires Province 25

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

In print

Zamarripa in American newspapers,
1913–1922.

Newspaper page from Cronaca Sovversiva carrying the name Zamarripa
Cronaca Sovversiva 1913-01-11
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Zamarripa
El Tucsonense 1922-09-02
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Zamarripa
La Prensa 1921-09-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 118 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Zamarripa,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Paulo Zamarripa 1877–1950 · writer
  • Angel Zamarripa 1912–1990 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Zamarripa,
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 States146 records

146 records of the Zamarripa name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 99
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 28
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 16
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John A. Zamarripa

    Born 1925 in California. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles; filling station attendant. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, 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 Arthur Zamarripa

    Born 1930; from Fresno County, California. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    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 Felipe O. Zamarripa

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1952, died 1995; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 146 records for Zamarripa 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

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