The Billups surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,475 people carried this name — #5,375 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 6,082 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Billups surname

An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Philips.

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

22 families named Billups, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 116 people lived in those households, 5.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 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

Virginia 11
North Carolina 9
New York 1
South Carolina 1

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. 229 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Billups in American newspapers,
1893–1909.

Newspaper page from Santa Fe Daily New Mexican carrying the name Billups
Santa Fe Daily New Mexican 1893-02-16
Newspaper page from The Spokane Press carrying the name Billups
The Spokane Press 1906-08-24
Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Billups
The Laramie Republican 1909-10-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,840 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Billups,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Karla Billups d. 2003
  • Joel A. Billups 1826–1904 · politician
  • Thomas Richard Billups 1841–1919 · entomologist
  • Richard Billups 1878–1948 · politician
  • Lewis Billups 1963–1994 · American football player
  • Stacy Billups 1965–1995 · painter

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

In the public record

People named Billups,
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 States363 records

363 records of the Billups name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 177
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 109
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 59
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Herman G. Billups

    Born 1907 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; driver from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1971, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Eddie Billups

    Born 1942; from Mermentau, Louisiana. U.S. Navy, airman; died in an accident 1965 in Offshore, 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 Agnes Billups

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Adriatic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 27; laborer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 363 records for Billups in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Billups name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Frances Allison Billups

    Married 1911 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Billups name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. C. B. Billups

    London Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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