The Bounds surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,960 people carried this name — #4,457 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,822 in 2000.

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Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Bounds was found among the farmers of Herefordshire: 14 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Herefordshire 14

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In print

Bounds in American newspapers,
1918.

Newspaper page from Lincoln County Leader carrying the name Bounds
Lincoln County Leader 1918-02-08
Newspaper page from Lincoln County Leader carrying the name Bounds
Lincoln County Leader 1918-02-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 404,084 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bounds in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

1,366 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bounds. The most, 217, date from the 1950s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 4.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 410
Tasmania 341
New South Wales 292
South Australia 232
Queensland 56
Western Australia 27
ACT (Canberra) 5

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

Who carried it

People named Bounds,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edward McKendree Bounds
    Edward McKendree Bounds 1835–1913 · editor
  • Lillian Disney
    Lillian Disney 1899–1997 · secretary
  • Buck Bounds
    Buck Bounds 1929–2020 · politician
  • Philip Bounds 1950–2020 · historian
  • Dallen Bounds 1971–1999 · serial killer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bounds,
in the records of 5 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 States449 records

449 records of the Bounds name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 287
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 98
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 28
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Norman L. Bounds

    Born 1931; from St Louis City, Missouri. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; died of wounds 1950 in North Korea. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 Charles F. Bounds

    Born 1916 in Montana. Enlisted 1942 at Presidio of Monterey, California; driver. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Eagle Point National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Bounds

    Arrived at New York in 1881 aboard the England from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 22; laborer. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 449 records for Bounds 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia98 records

98 records of the Bounds name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 57
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 21
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 15
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Susan Bounds

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1850. Married 1850 in Longford, Tasmania, aged 17.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ernest Bounds

    Retired farmer of Yarragon, Victoria; died 1986.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record L. C. Pte Bounds

    Arrived in Victoria in 1919 aboard the Berrima, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 98 records for Bounds in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada14 records

14 records of the Bounds name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 7
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Harold Thomas Bounds

    Buried in 1989 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 85.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Henry Nicholas Bounds

    Died 1934 in New Aberdeen, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

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

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 3 of 14 records for Bounds in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Bounds 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 H. Bounds

    Labour Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record B. Bounds

    Northamptonshire 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).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Bounds name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Eleanor Mary Bounds

    Married in 1920 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Eleonore Mary Bounds

    In the population register of Maastricht; born 1884 in Hastings.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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