The Ewell surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,794 people carried this name — #6,988 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,651 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ewell surname
From Old English ēa (“river”) + well (“spring, source”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ewell» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
29 families named Ewell, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 157 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. 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
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
Ewell in American newspapers,
1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 50,413 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Ewell in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.
938 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ewell. The most, 171, 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 South Australia, at 1.4 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ewell.
Who carried it
People named Ewell,
with a public archive behind them.
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Benjamin Stoddert Ewell 1810–1894 · civil engineer -
Richard S. Ewell 1817–1872 · military personnel -
Marshall Davis Ewell 1844–1928 · writer -
Tom Ewell 1909–1994 · actor -
Don Ewell 1916–1983 · pianist -
James Ewell 1773–1832 · physician
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 Ewell,
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 States362 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 175
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 86
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 54
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 34
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Paul W. EwellBorn 1919 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at Boston; warehouseman from Plymouth County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Thomas EwellArrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Spain from Liverpool, aged 25; laborer. From England.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Fayette Carter EwellU.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1890, died 1959; buried at San Francisco National Cemetery, California.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 362 records for Ewell 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). 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).
Australia32 records
- Tasmanian Names Index 17
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 4
- Queensland State Archives indexes 3
- State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Richard EwellArrived in Queensland in 1866 aboard the Ancilla, aged 32.
Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Lloyd Robert EwellRetired of Pascoe Vale South, Victoria; died 1993.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Euphemia EwellDied 1877 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 68.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 32 records for Ewell in Australia.
Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Canada3 records
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Elizabeth Leslie EwellDied 1919; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Emma Mae EwellDied 1968 in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Albert Henry EwellDied 1931 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
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. 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ewell.
- Everhart 10,186 · U.S. census
- Evers 9,300 · U.S. census
- Eversole 5,114 · U.S. census
- Everson 7,694 · U.S. census
- Evrard 521 · U.S. census
- Ewald 4,535 · U.S. census
- Ewing 33,314 · U.S. census
- Exiga 208 · U.S. census
- Exposito 800 · U.S. census
- Ey 413 · U.S. census
- Eyer 1,784 · U.S. census
- Eyermann 124 · U.S. census
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