The Zelaya surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,448 people carried this name — #2,886 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,700 people counted. That is up 60% from 7,785 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Zelaya surname

Borrowed from Spanish Zelaya, from Basque Zelaia, habitational surname from zelai (“field”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zelaya» (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 11,791 people named Zelaya 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 4,266
Tucumán 3,479
Salta 754
City of Buenos Aires 532
Jujuy 426
Chaco 334
Santiago del Estero 269
Mendoza 254

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

In print

Zelaya in American newspapers,
1909.

Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Zelaya
Daily Kennebec Journal 1909-12-18
Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Zelaya
The Daily Missoulian 1909-12-26
Newspaper page from The Port Gibson Reveille carrying the name Zelaya
The Port Gibson Reveille 1909-12-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Zelaya,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Maria Zelaya Otamendi 1652–
  • Juanes Zelaya Ypenza 1673–
  • Juanes Zelaya Zubeldia 1684–
  • Maria Zelaya Hecheverria 1685–
  • Pedro Zelaya Hecheverria 1687–
  • Lucia Zelaya Hecheverria 1689–

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

In the public record

People named Zelaya,
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 States51 records

51 records of the Zelaya name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 45
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 2
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Juan A. Zelaya

    Born 1902 in Salvador. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; welder from San Francisco County, California.

    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 Ernesto Hernandez Zelaya

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1950, died 2000; buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Arminda Zelaya

    Born 1923 in El Salvador. Registered as a foreign national in Rochester, Minnesota, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 51 records for Zelaya in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain). 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).

France2 records

2 records of the Zelaya 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 Jose Roberte Zelaya

    Born 1954 in San Antonio de Flores (Honduras); died 1999 in Villejuif (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 Darius Edouard Zelaya

    Born 1943 in Argentina; died 1995 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Zelaya name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Maria Inez Zelaya

    Died 1988; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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Surnames next to Zelaya.

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