The Broyles surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,781 people carried this name — #3,630 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 9,557 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Broyles surname

Americanized form of German Breil or Breyhel; compare Briles.

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

In print

Broyles in American newspapers,
1895–1929.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Broyles
Evening Star 1929-08-18
Newspaper page from The Record-union carrying the name Broyles
The Record-union 1895-03-07
Newspaper page from Indiana Daily Times carrying the name Broyles
Indiana Daily Times 1920-08-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,033 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Broyles,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frank Broyles
    Frank Broyles 1924–2017 · sports commentator
  • Moses Broyles 1826–1882 · writer
  • Paul W. Broyles 1896–1974 · politician
  • Robert Broyles 1933–2011 · television actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Broyles,
in the records of 2 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 States565 records

565 records of the Broyles name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 386
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 156
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Floyd M. Broyles

    Born 1909 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; cook. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1963, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Frederick Phillip Broyles

    Born 1945; from Knoxville, Tennessee. U.S. Army, heavy vehicle driver; died in an accident 1970 in Phuoc Long, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Stephen Curtis Broyles

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1950, died 1997; buried at Bardstown Cemetery, Kentucky.

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

Showing 3 of 565 records for Broyles 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Broyles name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Walter Broyles

    Buried in 1952 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. 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 William Ellsworth Broyles

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 2 of 3 records for Broyles in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. 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).

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