The Eubank surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,171 people carried this name — #6,551 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted. That is down 2% from 5,298 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Eubank surname

Topographic surname, from Old English īw (“yew”) + banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Eubank» (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 explains it as ‘of the yew-bank’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 278 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

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

Each family is counted by its head. About 126 people lived in those households, 5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 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 11
North Carolina 5
South Carolina 5
Maryland 4

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

Eubank in American newspapers,
1910–1921.

Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Eubank
The Laramie Republican 1921-07-13
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Tribune carrying the name Eubank
The Salt Lake Tribune 1910-03-08
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald-republican carrying the name Eubank
The Salt Lake Herald-republican 1910-03-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 45,373 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Eubank in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

108 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Eubank. The most, 26, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 3.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 47
New South Wales 18
Victoria 16
Tasmania 13
Queensland 7
Western Australia 5

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

Who carried it

People named Eubank,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eugene L. Eubank
    Eugene L. Eubank 1892–1997 · test pilot
  • James Edward Eubank 1875–1954 · grocer
  • James R. Eubank 1914–1952 · lawyer
  • Keith Eubank 1920–2011 · writer
  • Harold P. Eubank 1924–2006 · physicist

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 Eubank,
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 States346 records

346 records of the Eubank name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 237
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 61
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 25
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Earle C. Eubank

    Born 1918 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Richmond; auto mechanic from Essex County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

    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 Charles Horton Eubank

    Born 1948; from Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, communications center specialist; died in service 1970 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Eubank

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the Egypt from Liverpool, aged 60; warp dresser. From Shipley, England.

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

Showing 3 of 346 records for Eubank 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Eubank name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  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 Joseph Eubank

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the John, arriving 1837; certificate of freedom 1843.

    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 Geo Eubank

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Lightning; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Eubank in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Eubank name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. 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 Frederick Henry Eubank

    Died in service in 1942.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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