The Eddings surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,109 people carried this name — #8,065 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,929 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

In print

Eddings in American newspapers,
1900–1925.

Newspaper page from East St. Louis Daily Journal carrying the name Eddings
East St. Louis Daily Journal 1925-12-28
Newspaper page from The Age-herald carrying the name Eddings
The Age-herald 1900-12-11
Newspaper page from The Public Ledger carrying the name Eddings
The Public Ledger 1919-12-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 99,366 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Eddings in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

63 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Eddings. The most, 12, date from the 1910s. New South Wales 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 Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 27
Victoria 21
Queensland 7
Western Australia 6
ACT (Canberra) 1
South Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Eddings,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ruth Eddings
    Ruth Eddings 1908–1995 · actor
  • David Eddings 1931–2009 · writer
  • Leigh Eddings 1937–2007 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Eddings,
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 States199 records

199 records of the Eddings name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 130
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 58
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Otis L. Eddings

    Born 1917 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jackson Columbia; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Camden, South Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Eddings

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1850 aboard the Empire Queen from Liverpool, aged 38; butcher. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Lawrence Ronald Eddings

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1934, died 2000; buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Illinois.

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

Showing 3 of 199 records for Eddings 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Eddings name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos Eddings

    Arrived in Victoria in 1865 aboard the Eliphalet Greely, aged 43; British subject.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record M. H. Eddings

    Arrived in Victoria in 1922 aboard the Themistocles, aged 19.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 7 records for Eddings in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Eddings name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record T. Eddings

    Royal Irish Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

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

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Eddings.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Eddings is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See the Eddings volume
Scroll to Top