The Eddins surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,914 people carried this name — #8,438 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,755 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

25 families named Eddins, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 146 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 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 8
South Carolina 8
North Carolina 6
Pennsylvania 3

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

Eddins in American newspapers,
1912–1922.

Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Eddins
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1922-10-03
Newspaper page from The Daily Sentinel carrying the name Eddins
The Daily Sentinel 1912-02-13
Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Eddins
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1915-06-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,463 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Eddins in Australian newspapers,
the 1910s.

24 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Eddins. The most, 15, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 12
South Australia 4
Queensland 3
Tasmania 3
New South Wales 1
Victoria 1

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

Who carried it

People named Eddins,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Eddins 1988–2016 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Eddins,
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 States191 records

191 records of the Eddins name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • 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 Raymond T. Eddins

    Born 1917 in Missouri. Enlisted 1940 at St Louis; salesperson from St Louis County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Valhalla Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John W. Eddins

    Born 1932; from Escambia County, Florida. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Joe Franklin Eddins

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1950, died 1996; buried at Norton Funeral Home, Cheraw, South Carolina.

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

Showing 3 of 191 records for Eddins 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) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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