The Byington surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,463 people carried this name — #9,393 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,324 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

17 Byington families were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 109 people lived in those households, 6.4 to a family on average. 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 12
New York 5

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

Byington in American newspapers,
1895–1914.

Newspaper page from New Hampshire Congregational Record carrying the name Byington
New Hampshire Congregational Record 1895-05-31
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Byington
The Ogden Standard 1914-05-02
Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Byington
The Laramie Republican 1911-07-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,493 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Byington in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

98 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Byington. The most, 53, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 28
New South Wales 26
Western Australia 16
Victoria 12
South Australia 9
Tasmania 5

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

Who carried it

People named Byington,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Byington
    John Byington 1798–1887 · preacher
  • Robert Lewis Byington
    Robert Lewis Byington 1820–1886 · politician
  • Elia Goode Byington
    Elia Goode Byington 1858–1936 · writer
  • Lewis F. Byington
    Lewis F. Byington 1868–1943 · lawyer
  • A. Homer Byington 1826–1910 · politician
  • Edward T. Byington 1852–1927

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 Byington,
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 States237 records

237 records of the Byington name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 95
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 51
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 21
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • Sacramento County historic burials 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 Charles Byington

    Born 1909 in Missouri. Enlisted 1943 at Jefferson Barracks; foreman from St Louis City. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 Steven L. Byington

    Born 1947; from Libby, Montana. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Binh Duong, 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 Elizabeth Byington

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Baltic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; student.

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

Showing 3 of 237 records for Byington 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). 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 Byington name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Victor James Byington

    Died 1977; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Counts: 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).

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