The Zendejas surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,988 people carried this name — #6,761 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,200 people counted. That is up 34% from 3,714 in 2000.

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In print

Zendejas in American newspapers,
1923.

Newspaper page from El Mundo carrying the name Zendejas
El Mundo 1923-01-29
Newspaper page from El Imparcial carrying the name Zendejas
El Imparcial 1923-01-10
Newspaper page from El Imparcial carrying the name Zendejas
El Imparcial 1923-01-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,618 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Zendejas,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adelina Zendejas 1909–1993 · journalist
  • Alicia Zendejas 1928–2016 · writer
  • Alicia Zendejas 1928–2016 · writer
  • John Zenda 1944–1994 · actor

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

In the public record

People named Zendejas,
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 States94 records

94 records of the Zendejas name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 86
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 5
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hector V. Zendejas

    Born 1925 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; shipping clerk from Los Angeles 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 Juan Zendejas

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1943, died 1989; buried at Fort Sam 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 Marcelina R. Zendejas

    Born 1899 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Galveston, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 94 records for Zendejas 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). 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).

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