The Earhart surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,882 people carried this name — #8,490 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,673 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Earhart surname

Anglicized borrowing of German Ehrhardt.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Earhart» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Earhart in American newspapers,
1909–1914.

Newspaper page from Heppner Gazette carrying the name Earhart
Heppner Gazette 1909-07-08
Newspaper page from Heppner Gazette carrying the name Earhart
Heppner Gazette 1909-07-08
Newspaper page from The Gazette-times carrying the name Earhart
The Gazette-times 1914-09-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,201 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Earhart in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1980s.

4,447 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Earhart. The most, 3,464, date from the 1930s. Queensland 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 the Northern Territory, at 3.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 1,383
New South Wales 1,222
Western Australia 678
Victoria 461
South Australia 303
Tasmania 262
ACT (Canberra) 77
Northern Territory 23

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

Who carried it

People named Earhart,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Amelia Earhart
    Amelia Earhart 1897–1939 · journalist
  • Daniel S. Earhart
    Daniel S. Earhart 1907–1976 · politician
  • Edwin Stanton Earhart 1867–1930
  • Carrie Beal Earhart 1871–1940 · philanthropist
  • Will Earhart 1871–1960 · music educator

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Earhart,
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 States205 records

205 records of the Earhart name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 146
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 37
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 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 Clarence R. Earhart

    Born 1913 in Ohio. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Hayes Columbus; auto mechanic from Madison County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Kirkwood Cemetery, London, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Robert A. Earhart

    U.S. Army veteran of the Gulf War. Born 1964, died 1997; buried at Fort Bragg Post Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Paul Earhart

    From Bernville, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army; died in an accident 1951 in Korea.

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

Showing 3 of 205 records for Earhart 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Earhart name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. 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 Thomas Britton Earhart

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. 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 Albert Clifford Earhart

    Died in service in 1954.

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

    Eastern Ontario Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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