The Echols surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,456 people carried this name — #2,501 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 13,741 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

28 families named Echols, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 203 people lived in those households, 7.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 10 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

Virginia 15
Pennsylvania 6
North Carolina 5
Connecticut 1
Maryland 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

Echols in American newspapers,
1896–1918.

Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Echols
The Laramie Republican 1907-10-10
Newspaper page from Mineral Point Tribune carrying the name Echols
Mineral Point Tribune 1896-11-26
Newspaper page from The Chattanooga News carrying the name Echols
The Chattanooga News 1918-06-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 53,024 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Echols in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.

23 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Echols. The most, 7, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 8
Victoria 6
New South Wales 3
Tasmania 3
South Australia 2
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Echols,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Echols
    John Echols 1823–1896 · lawyer
  • Edward Echols
    Edward Echols 1849–1914 · lawyer
  • Leonard S. Echols
    Leonard S. Echols 1871–1946 · lawyer
  • Robert Milner Echols 1798–1847 · politician
  • Joseph Hubbard Echols 1816–1885 · politician
  • William Holding Echols 1859–1934 · mathematician

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 Echols,
in the records of the United States.

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 States667 records

667 records of the Echols name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 429
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 201
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 16
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Alvin Echols

    Born 1942; from Detroit, Michigan. U.S. Marine Corps, warehouse clerk; died in an accident 1966 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Westlawn Cemetery, Wayne, Michigan.

    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 Hinman R. Echols

    Born 1915 in Georgia. Enlisted 1941 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; auto mechanic. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Olive Branch Cemetery, Franklin, Georgia.

    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 John A. Echols

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Born 1960, died 1998; buried at Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois.

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

Showing 3 of 667 records for Echols 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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).

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