The Duckett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,375 people carried this name — #4,794 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,000 people counted. That is up 13% from 6,524 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Duckett surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Marmaduke’.

An early record he cites: Dulcia Duket, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Duckett, Ducket and Duckit.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 255 · public domain.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Duckett was found among the farmers of 2 counties.

It was most frequent in Somerset: 20 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 500. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Somerset 20
Yorkshire, West Riding 13

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In print

Duckett in American newspapers,
1898–1922.

Newspaper page from The Robesonian carrying the name Duckett
The Robesonian 1908-11-19
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Duckett
The Anaconda Standard 1898-06-22
Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Duckett
Great Falls Tribune 1922-09-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,020 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Duckett in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

7,137 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Duckett. The most, 1,352, date from the 1930s. Victoria 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 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,329
Queensland 1,548
New South Wales 1,238
Western Australia 1,185
Tasmania 457
South Australia 334
ACT (Canberra) 29
Northern Territory 6

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

Who carried it

People named Duckett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Richard Duckett d. 1448 · politician
  • Jonas Duckett d. 1849
  • Elizabeth Dawson Duckett d. 1893
  • John Dawson Duckett d. 1841
  • Sarah Duckett d. 1879
  • James Duckett 1501–1601 · politician

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

In the public record

People named Duckett,
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 States625 records

625 records of the Duckett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 306
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 134
  • Other U.S. records 185
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John L. Duckett

    Born 1913. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; shipping clerk from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Arlen Jackson Duckett

    Born 1946; from Lake Worth, Florida. U.S. Marine Corps, field artillery cannoneer; died in an accident 1966 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 Duckett

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Arizona from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 21; weaver. From Clithroe, England; bound for Boston.

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

Showing 3 of 625 records for Duckett 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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).

Australia348 records

348 records of the Duckett name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 160
  • Tasmanian Names Index 78
  • Other Australian records 110
  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 Alfred Duckett

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the William Jardine, sailing from Portland (Dorset) in 1850. Native of Camberwell, Surrey. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1852.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Jesse Duckett

    Died 1887 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 73. Will registered in Tasmania in 1888.

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

    Arrived in Victoria in 1910 aboard the Mantua, aged 15.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 348 records for Duckett in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada21 records

21 records of the Duckett name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 6
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • Other Canadian records 10
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jno Duckett

    Came to Ontario in 1873 aboard the C. H. Marshall, landing at N. Y., bound for Collingwood, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Bertha Belle Duckett

    Buried in 1995 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 97.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  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 Frank John Duckett

    Died in service in 1916.

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

Showing 3 of 21 records for Duckett in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); 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).

United Kingdom21 records

21 records of the Duckett name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 18
  • Scottish rolls of honour, First World War 3
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record Arthur Harold Duckett

    Born 1882 at Huntspill. Served in the First World War. Named in the University of Aberdeen roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919.

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. G. Duckett

    Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. Duckett

    Corporal, Army Service Corps. 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 21 records for Duckett in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Duckett name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Germaine Madeleine Mount Duckett

    Born 1908 in Paris; died 1990 in Charny (Yonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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