The Durfee surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,989 people carried this name — #8,308 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,797 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

50 families named Durfee, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 329 people lived in those households, 6.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 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

Rhode Island 31
Massachusetts 6
Connecticut 5
Vermont 4
New York 3
Virginia 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. 238 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Durfee in American newspapers,
1875–1922.

Newspaper page from Evening Capital carrying the name Durfee
Evening Capital 1889-01-10
Newspaper page from The Abbeville Press And Banner carrying the name Durfee
The Abbeville Press And Banner 1922-10-11
Newspaper page from Yankton Daily Press And Dakotaian carrying the name Durfee
Yankton Daily Press And Dakotaian 1875-07-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 27,066 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Durfee in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1940s.

53 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Durfee. The most, 27, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 19
Queensland 10
Western Australia 8
South Australia 6
Tasmania 6
Victoria 4

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

Who carried it

People named Durfee,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nathan B. Durfee
    Nathan B. Durfee 1812–1872 · politician
  • Thomas Durfee
    Thomas Durfee 1826–1901 · politician
  • Lucius Loyd Durfee
    Lucius Loyd Durfee 1861–1933 · military personnel
  • Civilla D. Martin
    Civilla D. Martin 1866–1948 · songwriter
  • Minta Durfee
    Minta Durfee 1889–1975 · actor
  • Abigail Durfee 1710–1765

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 Durfee,
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 States284 records

284 records of the Durfee name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 116
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 64
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 52
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 36
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donald C. Durfee

    Born 1931; from Bernalillo County, New Mexico. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in North Korea. Buried at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery, Ohio.

    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 George A. Durfee

    Born 1926 in New York. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Dix, New Jersey; aircraft worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Gerald B.h. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Catherine Durfee

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Queen of the West from Liverpool, aged 23; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 284 records for Durfee in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada29 records

29 records of the Durfee name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 27
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Flora Durfee

    Died 1924; 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
    Death record George W. Durfee

    Died 1911 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

    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 Lalia C. Durfee

    Married 1900 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 29 records for Durfee in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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).

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