The Crowl surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,983 people carried this name — #10,711 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 99,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,003 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Crowl surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Crowle’.

An early record he cites: Robert de Croule, Worcestershire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Crowle, Crowl and Curl.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 221 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

31 families named Crowl, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 169 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 8 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

Pennsylvania 12
Maryland 9
Virginia 3
New York 2
North Carolina 2
South Carolina 2
Massachusetts 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. 236 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Crowl in American newspapers,
1891–1916.

Newspaper page from The Rice Belt Journal carrying the name Crowl
The Rice Belt Journal 1916-05-05
Newspaper page from The Roanoke Times carrying the name Crowl
The Roanoke Times 1891-01-09
Newspaper page from The Leader-enterprise carrying the name Crowl
The Leader-enterprise 1912-05-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,994 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Crowl in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

1,694 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Crowl. The most, 304, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,015
New South Wales 331
Queensland 215
South Australia 74
Western Australia 31
Tasmania 22
ACT (Canberra) 4

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

Who carried it

People named Crowl,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joe Crowl 1883–1915 · Australian rules football player
  • Claude Crowl 1892–1915 · Australian rules football player
  • Bernie Crowl 1908–1998 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Crowl,
in the records of 4 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 States188 records

188 records of the Crowl name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 102
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 43
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James R. Crowl

    Born 1916 in Ohio. Enlisted 1941 at San Francisco, California; driver from Mineral County, Nevada. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Teutonic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 48; housekeeper. From Liverpool, England; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James E. Crowl

    Born 1932; from Barbour County, West Virginia. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 188 records for Crowl in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia103 records

103 records of the Crowl name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 64
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 35
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph Crowl

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Roxburgh Castle, aged 45; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Claude McDonald Crowl

    Retired carpenter of Middle Park, Victoria; died 1980.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record James Crowl

    Left Launceston in 1852 aboard the Yarra Yarra, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 103 records for Crowl in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). 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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Crowl name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 4
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Theodore Crowl

    Died 1942; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Robert Crowl

    Listed at Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1774.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Alles Crowl

    Married 1867 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Crowl in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Crowl name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Elizabeth Crowl

    Buried in 1822 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 60.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Crowl in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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