The Detweiler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,119 people carried this name — #6,616 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. That is up 26% from 4,071 in 2000.

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In print

Detweiler in American newspapers,
1907.

Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Detweiler
The Salt Lake Herald 1907-04-06
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Detweiler
The Salt Lake Herald 1907-04-05
Newspaper page from Oxford Eagle carrying the name Detweiler
Oxford Eagle 1907-04-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,162 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Detweiler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Steven Lawrence Detweiler d. 2016 · physicist
  • Henry Detweiler 1906–1970 · archaeologist
  • Walter Booser "Chip" Detweiler 1932–1984 · architect

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Detweiler,
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 States179 records

179 records of the Detweiler name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 83
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 50
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 23
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • 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 Francis X. Detweiler

    Born 1909 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; auto plant worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Meurtha Detweiler

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the California from Hamburg, aged 17. From Prussia, Germany; bound for Milwaukee.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Harry R. Detweiler

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1943, died 1996; buried at Royal Oak Memorial Gardens, Brookville, Ohio.

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

Showing 3 of 179 records for Detweiler in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany3 records

3 records of the Detweiler name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Franz Detweiler

    From Schulzendorf, Ruppin. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 4 August 1916.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Paul Detweiler

    From Berlin. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 26 November 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Detweiler in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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