The Andrus surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,197 people carried this name — #3,505 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,900 people counted. That is up 8% from 9,438 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Andrus surname

Variant of Andrews.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Andrus» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

29 people named Andrus have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 134 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 2 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lubusz.

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

Where they live today

Lubusz 18
Łódź 11

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

147 families named Andrus, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 778 people lived in those households, 5.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 9 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Connecticut 80
Vermont 23
Massachusetts 14
Maine 8
New York 6
Pennsylvania 6
North Carolina 5
South Carolina 5

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 227 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Andrus in American newspapers,
1891–1896.

Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name Andrus
Evening Journal 1896-10-27
Newspaper page from The Herald-advance carrying the name Andrus
The Herald-advance 1891-09-18
Newspaper page from The Hazel Green Herald carrying the name Andrus
The Hazel Green Herald 1891-10-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 54,174 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Andrus in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1970s.

1,038 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Andrus. The most, 919, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 340
New South Wales 310
Western Australia 149
Victoria 96
Tasmania 70
South Australia 53
ACT (Canberra) 13

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

Who carried it

People named Andrus,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Emory Andrus
    John Emory Andrus 1841–1934 · teacher
  • Clift Andrus
    Clift Andrus 1890–1968 · military personnel
  • Burton C. Andrus
    Burton C. Andrus 1892–1977 · military personnel
  • Wesley P. Andrus 1834–1898 · politician
  • Fred Andrus 1850–1937 · baseball player
  • Helen Josephine Andrus 1853–1927 · composer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Andrus,
in the records of 6 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 States628 records

628 records of the Andrus name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 263
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 115
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 101
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 63
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 54
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 19
  • Sacramento County historic burials 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charley M. Andrus

    Born 1917 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Livingston; lumberman. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Evangeline Memorial Park, Ville Platte, Louisiana.

    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 Carl Joseph Andrus

    Born 1947; from Detroit, Michigan. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Waska Andrus

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the Arizona from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 16; laborer. From Poland, Russia; bound for Philadelphia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 628 records for Andrus in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Andrus name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 9
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Myles Dougall Andrus

    Buried in 1997 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 90.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Andrus

    Buried in 1971 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Benjamin Milo Andrus

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 13 records for Andrus in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Andrus name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Theodor Andrus

    Labourer of Macleod, Victoria; died 1982.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Andrus in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Andrus name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Han.h Andrus

    Buried in 1804 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 52.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Andrus 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 Gilbert Anatole Eugene Andrus

    Born 1946 in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes); died 1996 in the United States.

    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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Andrus name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Alice Andrus

    Buried in 1795 in Vlissingen.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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