The Ealy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,408 people carried this name — #7,543 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,296 in 2000.

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In print

Ealy in American newspapers,
1896–1925.

Newspaper page from Franklin's Paper The Statesman carrying the name Ealy
Franklin's Paper The Statesman 1906-09-21
Newspaper page from Grand Prairie News carrying the name Ealy
Grand Prairie News 1925-12-24
Newspaper page from Mohave County Miner carrying the name Ealy
Mohave County Miner 1896-01-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Ealy in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

443 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ealy. The most, 74, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 136
Queensland 98
Victoria 94
South Australia 48
Western Australia 34
Tasmania 30
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

In the public record

People named Ealy,
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 States200 records

200 records of the Ealy name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 112
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 60
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William Daniel Ealy

    Born 1949; from Assumption, Illinois. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    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 Robert W. Ealy

    Born 1918 in New York. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Upton Yaphank; bookkeeper from New York County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, 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)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charles Ealy

    Arrived at New York in 1867 aboard the Edinburgh from Liverpool, aged 19; clerk. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 200 records for Ealy 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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: 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).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Ealy name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • 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 Jos Ealy

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Themis, aged 43; English.

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

    Left Hobart in 1826 aboard the Chapman, bound for Sydney, as a seaman.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 7 records for Ealy in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

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