The Elmore surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,774 people carried this name — #1,369 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 25,280 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Elmore surname

English surname, from Middle English Ailmer, from Old English Æþelmær.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Elmore» (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

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Elmore’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 272 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

76 families named Elmore, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 376 people lived in those households, 4.9 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 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

North Carolina 21
Connecticut 16
New York 13
South Carolina 8
Vermont 7
Virginia 7
Maryland 2
Maine 1
Massachusetts 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. 239 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Elmore in American newspapers,
1892–1914.

Newspaper page from The Independent-reporter carrying the name Elmore
The Independent-reporter 1911-06-01
Newspaper page from The Sea Coast Echo carrying the name Elmore
The Sea Coast Echo 1892-12-24
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Elmore
Daily Kennebec Journal 1914-11-21

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

In print

Elmore in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

6,531 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Elmore. The most, 2,541, date from the 1900s. Victoria 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 Western Australia, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 3,051
Western Australia 1,596
New South Wales 678
Queensland 540
South Australia 361
Tasmania 285
ACT (Canberra) 11
Northern Territory 5

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

Who carried it

People named Elmore,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Franklin H. Elmore
    Franklin H. Elmore 1799–1850 · lawyer
  • Federico Elmore
    Federico Elmore 1805–1871 · military personnel
  • Alfred Elmore
    Alfred Elmore 1815–1881 · illustrator
  • Alfred Elmore
    Alfred Elmore 1815–1881 · illustrator
  • Alfred Elmore
    Alfred Elmore 1815–1881 · illustrator
  • Richard Elmore d. 2021

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 Elmore,
in the records of 5 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 States1,504 records

1,504 records of the Elmore name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 804
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 344
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 189
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 59
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 51
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 30
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 7
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Larry Eugene Elmore

    Born 1943; from Kansas City, Missouri. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    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 Leemon A. Elmore

    Born 1916 in Alabama. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Blanding, Florida; driver from Pinellas County, Florida. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Florida National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (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 Catherine Elmore

    Arrived at New York in 1880 aboard the State of Alabama from Glasgow and Larne, aged 17; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 1,504 records for Elmore 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia96 records

96 records of the Elmore name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 38
  • Tasmanian Names Index 33
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 22
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  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 Robert Elmore

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Atlas, arriving 1819; certificate of freedom 1826.

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

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Empress of the Sea, aged 27; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Sylvia Elmore

    Technical designer of Black Rock, Victoria; died 1996.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 96 records for Elmore in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada17 records

17 records of the Elmore name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 6
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Wilfred Otis Elmore

    Died 1962 in Middleton, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record George McKenzie Elmore

    Died 1941; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  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 Fred George Elmore

    Died in service in 1916.

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

Showing 3 of 17 records for Elmore in Canada.

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

New Zealand6 records

6 records of the Elmore name in New Zealand Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Elizabeth Elmore

    Buried in 1913 at Buffalo Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 77.

    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 William Edward Elmore

    Buried in 1948 at Buffalo Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 83.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Vera Winifred Elmore

    Buried in 1905 at Buffalo Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Elmore in New Zealand.

Counts: Thames-Coromandel District 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).

United Kingdom4 records

4 records of the Elmore 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 F. Elmore

    Northamptonshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Elmore

    Bedfordshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. A. Elmore

    Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Elmore in the United Kingdom.

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).

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