The Favors surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,295 people carried this name — #7,730 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,500 people counted. That is up 10% from 3,889 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Favors surname

Americanized form of French Favre.

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

In print

Favors in American newspapers,
1912–1923.

Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Favors
The Bozeman Courier 1923-12-12
Newspaper page from Fergus County Democrat carrying the name Favors
Fergus County Democrat 1912-07-02

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

In print

Favors in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

5,700 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Favors. The most, 1,040, date from the 1930s. 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 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,018
Victoria 1,619
South Australia 926
Western Australia 401
Queensland 396
Tasmania 306
Northern Territory 7
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Favors,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Malachi Favors 1927–2004 · musician

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Favors,
in the records of the United States.

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 States166 records

166 records of the Favors name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 99
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • 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 Charlie Favors

    Born 1907 in Georgia. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Oglethorpe; cook from Hamilton County, Tennessee. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1973, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Bobby Lee Favors

    Born 1931; from Louisville, Kentucky. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; died of illness 1966 in 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 David E. Favors

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1948, died 1989; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

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

Showing 3 of 166 records for Favors in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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).

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