The Creech surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,264 people carried this name — #2,538 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 13,770 in 2000.

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In print

Creech in American newspapers,
1898–1912.

Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Creech
Daily Inter Mountain 1900-04-03
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Creech
The Anaconda Standard 1898-07-01
Newspaper page from The Roundup Record carrying the name Creech
The Roundup Record 1912-10-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,377 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Creech in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

3,448 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Creech. The most, 2,733, date from the 1940s. 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 the Australian Capital Territory, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,394
Queensland 687
Western Australia 522
Victoria 350
South Australia 240
Tasmania 157
ACT (Canberra) 94

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

Who carried it

People named Creech,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Creech
    Thomas Creech 1659–1700 · translator
  • William Creech
    William Creech 1745–1815 · politician
  • William Creech
    William Creech 1745–1815 · politician
  • Jesse Creech
    Jesse Creech 1895–1948 · military officer
  • Sadie Creek Orchard 1865–1943 · hotel manager
  • John Lewis Creech 1920–2009 · gardener

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 Creech,
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 States703 records

703 records of the Creech name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 487
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 147
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 34
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert Creech

    Born 1931; from Norfolk, Virginia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam. Buried at Hampton National Cemetery, Virginia.

    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 Archie B. Creech

    Born 1921 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Dallas, Texas; farm hand from Fannin County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran; died 1998, buried at Leonard Cemetery, Texas.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Hamburg from Boulogne, aged 38; contractor. From London, Great Britain.

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

Showing 3 of 703 records for Creech 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia28 records

28 records of the Creech name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 17
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  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 William Creech

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Mangles, arriving 1828; ticket of leave 1832.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm T. Creech

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Stebonheath, aged 31; English.

    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 William Creech

    Sawyer of Lexton, Victoria; died 1859.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 28 records for Creech in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). 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).

Canada10 records

10 records of the Creech name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 8
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Albert Clyde Creech

    Died 1912; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. 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 Frank Creech

    Died in service in 1918.

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

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

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

Showing 3 of 10 records for Creech in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Creech name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Juriaen Creech

    Married in 1643 in Delft; confectioner.

    Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Nellie Irene Creech

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Creech 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. W. C. Creech

    Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    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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