The Edmunds surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,151 people carried this name — #5,646 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,924 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Edmunds surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the given name Edmund.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

An early record he cites: Johannes Edmund, 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

His entry covers Edmund, Edmunds, Edmundson, Edmand, Edmands, Edmonds, Edmondson and Edmonson.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 266 · public domain.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Edmunds was found among the farmers of 9 counties.

It was most frequent in Monmouthshire: 83 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 120. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent. His list gives one count for the spellings Edmunds and Edmonds.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Monmouthshire 83
South Wales 27
Worcestershire 26
Buckinghamshire 20
Northamptonshire 15
Oxfordshire 15
Gloucestershire 14
Norfolk 9

And 1 more county.

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In print

Edmunds in American newspapers,
1880–1884.

Newspaper page from The Daily Cairo Bulletin carrying the name Edmunds
The Daily Cairo Bulletin 1884-06-07
Newspaper page from The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo carrying the name Edmunds
The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo 1880-06-15
Newspaper page from The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald carrying the name Edmunds
The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald 1880-06-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Edmunds in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

54,133 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Edmunds. The most, 11,305, 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 the Northern Territory, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 28,981
South Australia 9,178
Queensland 5,677
Victoria 5,045
Western Australia 3,073
Tasmania 1,793
ACT (Canberra) 178
Northern Territory 152

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

Who carried it

People named Edmunds,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Isabella Edmunds
    Isabella Edmunds 1607– · housewife
  • James M. Edmunds
    James M. Edmunds 1810–1879 · politician
  • Newton Edmunds
    Newton Edmunds 1819–1908 · banker
  • Margaret Marian Agnes Edmunds d. 1966
  • Marjorie Edmunds d. 1961
  • Abel Edmunds 1800–1865 · coal miner

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 Edmunds,
in the records of 8 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 States780 records

780 records of the Edmunds name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 235
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 161
  • Other U.S. records 384
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles A. Edmunds

    Born 1905 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; elevator operator. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Patrick J. Edmunds

    Born 1931; from Costa Mesa, California. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1953 in Korea. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ellen Edmunds

    Arrived at Philadelphia in 1850 aboard the Saranak from Liverpool, aged 24; dressmaker. From Ireland; bound for Philadelphia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 780 records for Edmunds in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia621 records

621 records of the Edmunds name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 284
  • Tasmanian Names Index 152
  • Other Australian records 185
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Edmunds

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Norfolk, sailing from Sheerness in 1835. Native of Machen, Monmouthshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1844. Married 1844 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 27.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jemima Mary Edmunds

    Born 1879 in George Town, Tasmania. Married 1897 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, aged 18.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Edmunds

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Caldera, aged 35; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 621 records for Edmunds in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada60 records

60 records of the Edmunds name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 27
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 12
  • Other Canadian records 21
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Florence Anita Edmunds

    Buried in 1999 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 71.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Helen Edmunds

    Died 1965 in Sydney River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  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 Melvin Ernest Edmunds

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 3 of 60 records for Edmunds in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom60 records

60 records of the Edmunds name in the United Kingdom
  • Welsh wills index cards 33
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 20
  • Other British records 7
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Mary Elimor Edmunds

    Will proved in 1927; of Ferryside.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Joseph Edmunds

    Buried in 1806 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 36.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record G. Edmunds

    Driver, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

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

Showing 3 of 60 records for Edmunds in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Edmunds name in New Zealand
  • Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records 2
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record George Edmunds

    Buried in 1883 at Shortland Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 54.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Henry Howard Edmunds

    Died 1992, aged 55; buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Henry Edmunds

    Buried in 1887 at Shortland Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0) · Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Germany3 records

3 records of the Edmunds name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Peter Edmunds

    From Herne, Gelsenkirchen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 12 May 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 175).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Tillmann Edmunds

    From Körrenzig, Erkelenz. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 23 May 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Edmunds in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Edmunds name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gilliam Hary Edmunds

    Born 1943 in Great Britain; died 2001 in Saint-Projet (Lot).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Edmunds name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Noah Edmunds

    Died 1920 in Vlissingen, aged 43; engine driver.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Other spellings of this name

The same name, spelled another way.

Spellings that H. B. Guppy (England and Wales, 1890) or the Registrar-General for Ireland (births index of 1890) counted as one name together with Edmunds.

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Surnames next to Edmunds.

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