The Choate surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,372 people carried this name — #3,179 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 11,051 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

52 families named Choate, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 284 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 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 32
New Hampshire 8
Maine 5
Vermont 3
Connecticut 3
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. 234 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Choate in American newspapers,
1899–1906.

Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Choate
The Salt Lake Herald 1899-02-12
Newspaper page from The News & Observer carrying the name Choate
The News & Observer 1903-11-01
Newspaper page from Goodwin's Weekly : A Thinking Paper For Thinking People carrying the name Choate
Goodwin's Weekly : A Thinking Paper For Thinking People 1906-09-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 134,628 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Choate in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

3,537 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Choate. The most, 1,880, date from the 1900s. 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 Western Australia, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 912
Victoria 681
Queensland 667
South Australia 514
Western Australia 491
Tasmania 259
ACT (Canberra) 8
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Choate,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rufus Choate
    Rufus Choate 1799–1859 · writer
  • Charles F. Choate
    Charles F. Choate 1828–1911 · lawyer
  • William Gardner Choate
    William Gardner Choate 1830–1920 · judge
  • Joseph Hodges Choate
    Joseph Hodges Choate 1832–1917 · writer
  • John Cummings Choate
    John Cummings Choate 1832–1906 · politician
  • Samuel Choate 1663–

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 Choate,
in the records of 5 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 States692 records

692 records of the Choate name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 422
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 151
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 69
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 21
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • 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 Harris H. Choate

    Born 1917 in Maine. Enlisted 1941 at Portland; textile mill worker from Kennebec County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

    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 Randall Bingham Choate

    Born 1949; from Concord, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, 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 John Choate

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Etruria from Liverpool, aged 50; judge. Bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 692 records for Choate 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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: 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).

Australia26 records

26 records of the Choate name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 8
  • Tasmanian Names Index 7
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 4
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Choate

    Arrived in Queensland in 1912 aboard the Waipara, aged 29.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ebenezer J. Choate

    Pastrycook of Fitzroy, Victoria; died 1932.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Reginald Percy Choate

    Born 1909 in King St, North℗¿Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 26 records for Choate in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada14 records

14 records of the Choate name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 7
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 6
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Marguerite Sophia Choate

    Buried in 1970 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 80.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Hannah Catherine Choate

    Died 1940; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  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 Frederick Henry Choate

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 14 records for Choate in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · 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).

New Zealand4 records

4 records of the Choate name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Samuel Stanley Choate

    Died 1919, aged 36; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Gertrude Choate

    Died 1943, aged 73; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record William Choate

    Died 1924, aged 89; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Choate in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Choate name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. H. Choate

    Lieutenant. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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