The Buell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,522 people carried this name — #5,338 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,462 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Buell surname

As a Welsh surname, variant of Bowell, itself a variant of Powell (also see Howell).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Buell» (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

98 families named Buell, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 601 people lived in those households, 6.1 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

Connecticut 58
New York 12
New Hampshire 11
Vermont 8
Massachusetts 7
Maryland 1
North 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. 231 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Buell in American newspapers,
1892–1916.

Newspaper page from Weekly Union carrying the name Buell
Weekly Union 1892-05-11
Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Buell
The Ronan Pioneer 1916-06-16
Newspaper page from The Lancaster Gazette carrying the name Buell
The Lancaster Gazette 1902-04-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 79,679 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Buell in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

360 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Buell. The most, 89, date from the 1940s. New South Wales 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 Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 112
Victoria 90
Queensland 71
South Australia 48
Western Australia 21
Tasmania 12
ACT (Canberra) 3
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Buell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Samuel Buell 1641–1720
  • John Buell 1671–1746
  • Jerusha Buell 1680–1750
  • Peter Buell 1684–1769
  • Abigail Buell 1702–1788
  • Deborah Buell 1708–1784

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

In the public record

People named Buell,
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 States694 records

694 records of the Buell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 210
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 142
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 131
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 111
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 59
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 25
  • Sacramento County historic burials 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Norman Joseph Buell

    Born 1940; from Honolulu, Hawaii. U.S. Army, medical specialist; died of wounds 1966 in South Vietnam. Buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    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 William J. Buell

    Born 1908 in Washington. Enlisted 1945 at Stockton Field, California; day worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, 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)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Johannes Buell

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1866 aboard the Anna from Bremen, aged 20; bricklayer. From Saxony, Germany; bound for Baltimore.

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

Showing 3 of 694 records for Buell in the United States.

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

Canada36 records

36 records of the Buell name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 25
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 6
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Audrey Buell

    Buried in 1983 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 52.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Lulu May Buell

    Died 1970 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 74.

    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 Chester Merrill Buell

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 3 of 36 records for Buell in Canada.

Counts: 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. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · 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).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Buell name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Roy N. Buell

    Fuel mechanical engineer of Melbourne, Victoria; died 1923.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maria Anne Buell

    Died 1922 in West¿devonport, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Albert Appollos Buell

    Retired of Brighton, Victoria; died 1973.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Buell in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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