On Friday, Ancestry announced that they are now ready with the 1930 census for Mexico. It will contain information on approximately 90% of those living in Mexico at the time and therefore nearly 30 million Americans with Latin American blood can now get more information about their ancestors.
In Norway, we had our first national census in 1801, but before that it was a census that was mainly intended to identify the men who could defend the country against external enemies. Therefore, boys as young as 12 years old were counted. Mexico had its first census in 1895, but from 1900 this has been carried out every ten years.
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On the occasion of the launch of the census, Ancestry has selected the following statistics about Mexicans in the 1930s:
- The most common name for women was Maria, while the most common name for men was Juan.
- The three most common surnames were Hernandez, Garcia and Martinez.
- 18% of the population were listed as single, 11% were registered as married, while 8% of the population were living together without having married.
- The four most populated states were Puebla, Veracruz, Jalisco and Oaxaca.
If you want to take a closer look at the census, you can currently do so completely free. It can be an advantage to be fluent in Spanish for this count.
