The Easterling surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,433 people carried this name — #4,201 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 7,761 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Easterling surname

Possibly modeled on Dutch oosterling.

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

In print

Easterling in American newspapers,
1910–1928.

Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Easterling
South Bend News-times 1928-04-21
Newspaper page from Rockingham Post-dispatch carrying the name Easterling
Rockingham Post-dispatch 1921-06-09
Newspaper page from Bluefield Evening Leader carrying the name Easterling
Bluefield Evening Leader 1910-12-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,691 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Easterling in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

113 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Easterling. The most, 56, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 7.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 49
New South Wales 43
Queensland 8
Victoria 8
South Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Easterling,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ruth M. Easterling
    Ruth M. Easterling 1910–2006 · politician
  • Earnest Easterling d. 2019
  • Marion W. Easterling 1910–1989 · composer
  • Howard Easterling 1911–1993 · baseball player
  • K. E. Easterling 1933–1992 · professor
  • P. E. Easterling 1934–2026 · university teacher

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 Easterling,
in the records of 3 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 States378 records

378 records of the Easterling name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 272
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 86
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Roscoe W. Easterling

    Born 1930; from Houston County, Texas. U.S. Army, field artillery chief; killed in action 1953 in North Korea. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Lonnie G. Easterling

    Born 1924 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1943 at Huntington, West Virginia; farm hand from Carter County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Olive Hill Memory Gardens, Kentucky.

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

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Gulf War. Born 1968, died 1993; buried at Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Oklahoma.

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

Showing 3 of 378 records for Easterling in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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, 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Easterling name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm Easterling

    Arrived in Victoria in 1887 aboard the Superb, aged 30; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Thomas W. Easterling

    Of Canterbury, New South Wales; died 1919.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Susannah C. Easterling

    Arrived in Victoria in 1891 aboard the Port Douglas, aged 43.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Easterling in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Easterling name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 2
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Arthur W. Easterling

    Will proved in 1920; of Bangor, Carnarvon.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Easterling in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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