The Bumpus surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,949 people carried this name — #10,806 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 100,000 people counted. That is down 2% from 2,997 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

43 families named Bumpus, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 233 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 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

Massachusetts 24
Maine 6
North Carolina 5
Vermont 3
New York 2
Virginia 2
Connecticut 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. 232 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Bumpus in American newspapers,
1897–1914.

Newspaper page from The Morning News carrying the name Bumpus
The Morning News 1897-01-24
Newspaper page from Atlanta Georgian carrying the name Bumpus
Atlanta Georgian 1914-09-23
Newspaper page from Atlanta Georgian carrying the name Bumpus
Atlanta Georgian 1914-09-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,242 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bumpus in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

374 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bumpus. The most, 74, 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 Victoria, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 160
New South Wales 80
Queensland 39
South Australia 37
Western Australia 37
Tasmania 19

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

Who carried it

People named Bumpus,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hermon Carey Bumpus 1862–1943 · zoologist
  • Hermon C. Bumpus Jr. 1888–1977 · urologist
  • Marjorie Alan 1905–1968 · writer
  • Marjorie Alan 1905–1968 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bumpus,
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 States209 records

209 records of the Bumpus name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 118
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 45
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • 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 Richard E. Bumpus

    Born 1922 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Banks Boston; farmer from Plymouth County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the James H. Shepherd from Antwerp, aged 23; wagon maker. From Prussia, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ronald Lee Bumpus

    Born 1946; from Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 209 records for Bumpus 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Bumpus name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Bumpus

    Arrived in Victoria in 1877 aboard the Highflyer, aged 28.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Richard Carrol Bumpus

    Married 1878 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 22.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 F. G. Bumpus

    Sailed from Victoria in 1897 aboard the Austral I, bound for London, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Bumpus 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: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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