The Ballew surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,857 people carried this name — #4,514 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,616 in 2000.

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In print

Ballew in American newspapers,
1912–1922.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Ballew
Great Falls Tribune 1922-05-06
Newspaper page from La Junta Tribune carrying the name Ballew
La Junta Tribune 1912-08-10
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Ballew
The New York Herald 1922-05-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,336 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ballew in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1960s.

98 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ballew. The most, 30, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 42
Queensland 16
South Australia 16
Victoria 10
Tasmania 7
Western Australia 6

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

Who carried it

People named Ballew,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Smith Ballew
    Smith Ballew 1902–1984 · actor
  • Jerry L. Ballew 1942–2020 · coach

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ballew,
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 States388 records

388 records of the Ballew name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 280
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 96
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Henry Ballew

    Born 1950; from Atlanta, Georgia. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Dean L. Ballew

    Born 1925 in Missouri. Enlisted 1946 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; farmer from Harrison County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Masonic Cemetery, Eagleville, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Logan Oliver Ballew

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1886, died 1961; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 388 records for Ballew in the United States.

Counts: 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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