The Council surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,964 people carried this name — #5,037 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,400 people counted. That is up 6% from 6,584 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

29 families named Council, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 143 people lived in those households, 4.9 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 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 16
Virginia 7
Maryland 4
Pennsylvania 1
South 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. 235 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Council in American newspapers,
1795–1882.

Newspaper page from The Federal Mirror carrying the name Council
The Federal Mirror 1795-09-25
Newspaper page from Oxford Democrat carrying the name Council
Oxford Democrat 1882-08-29
Newspaper page from The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger carrying the name Council
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger 1872-04-07

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

In print

Council in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2010s.

20,190 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Council. The most, 3,357, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 9,851
Victoria 4,057
Queensland 2,458
South Australia 1,679
Tasmania 1,131
Western Australia 904
ACT (Canberra) 89
Northern Territory 10

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

Who carried it

People named Council,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Council 1742–1790 · politician
  • James Council 1742–1789 · politician
  • Mary Robeson 1745–
  • Arthur Council 1755–1777 · politician
  • Walter Council 1882–1943 · physician
  • Lucile Council 1898–1964 · architect

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

In the public record

People named Council,
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 States347 records

347 records of the Council name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 202
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 92
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 42
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Herbert H. Council

    Born 1918 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Screven, Georgia; auto mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1960, buried at Wilmington National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    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 William Edward Council

    Born 1930; from Pittsboro, North Carolina. U.S. Army, food service apprentice; declared dead 1950 in South Korea.

    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 Peter Council

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Celtic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 29; laborer. From Scotland.

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

Showing 3 of 347 records for Council 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Australia29 records

29 records of the Council name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 15
  • Tasmanian Names Index 13
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Council

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Pestongee Bomangee, sailing from Plymouth in 1852. Native of Braytown, Dorset.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Council

    Arrived in Victoria in 1863 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Maori, aged 26.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ellen E. Council

    Of Nunawading, Victoria; died 1876.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 29 records for Council 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: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); 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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Council name in the United Kingdom Scottish rolls of honour, First World War
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record Jonathan Middleton Council

    Served in the First World War. Named in the Ross-shire roll of honour with Souter's Ross-shire directory (1915).

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (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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