The Ezell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,121 people carried this name — #3,247 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 10,926 in 2000.

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In print

Ezell in American newspapers,
1918–1928.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Ezell
The Washington Times 1928-09-20
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Ezell
The Washington Times 1918-02-08
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Ezell
The Washington Times 1928-09-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,420 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ezell in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.

26 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ezell. The most, 6, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 12
New South Wales 5
South Australia 4
ACT (Canberra) 3
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Ezell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Annette Ezell d. 2006 · university teacher
  • William Ezell 1892–1963 · singer
  • Edward Ezell 1939–1993 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ezell,
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 States511 records

511 records of the Ezell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 365
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 123
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Winfield G. Ezell

    Born 1924 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; chemical plant worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 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 Burley Dean Ezell

    Born 1948; from Noble, Oklahoma. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    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 Elon Henry Ezell

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1848, died 1932; buried at Elkton Cemetery, Prospect, Tennessee.

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

Showing 3 of 511 records for Ezell 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) · 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Ezell name in Canada War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  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 B. L. Ezell

    Lance Corporal, Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

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

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

Germany1 record

1 record of the Ezell 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 Karl Ezell

    From Buttlar, Dermbach. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 17 November 1917.

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

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).

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