The Bynum surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,166 people carried this name — #2,251 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,200 people counted. That is up 6% from 15,204 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

24 families named Bynum, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 123 people lived in those households, 5.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 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

North Carolina 14
Virginia 5
South Carolina 3
Massachusetts 1
Maryland 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

Bynum in American newspapers,
1886.

Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Bynum
The Indianapolis Journal 1886-09-06
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Bynum
The Indianapolis Journal 1886-11-03
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Bynum
The Indianapolis Journal 1886-08-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Bynum in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1980s.

67 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bynum. The most, 17, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 18
Victoria 17
Northern Territory 16
New South Wales 6
South Australia 5
ACT (Canberra) 3
Western Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Bynum,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William D. Bynum
    William D. Bynum 1846–1927 · mayor
  • William Preston Bynum
    William Preston Bynum 1861–1926 · lawyer
  • Jesse Atherton Bynum 1797–1868 · lawyer
  • Russell Raymond Bynum 1888– · writer
  • Margaret O. Bynum 1921–1982 · educator
  • James Bynum 1924–1999

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 Bynum,
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 States811 records

811 records of the Bynum name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 518
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 231
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 37
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Neil Stanley Bynum

    Born 1943; from Vian, Oklahoma. U.S. Air Force, pilot; declared dead 1969 in Laos. Buried at Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Oklahoma.

    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 E. Bynum

    Born 1916 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Chattanooga; meat cutter from Hamilton County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John Bynum

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1897, died 1956; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

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

Showing 3 of 811 records for Bynum 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 · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Bynum name in Australia Canberra cemetery and marriage records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Anne Johanna Bynum

    Died 1988; buried at Gungahlin Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.

    ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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