The Fitzhugh surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,144 people carried this name — #10,255 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 93,500 people counted. That is down 2% from 3,202 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Fitzhugh surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From Fitz- + Hugh.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fitzhugh» (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 baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Hugh’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 290 · public domain.

In print

Fitzhugh in American newspapers,
1920.

Newspaper page from Audubon County Journal carrying the name Fitzhugh
Audubon County Journal 1920-07-08
Newspaper page from Audubon County Journal carrying the name Fitzhugh
Audubon County Journal 1920-07-15
Newspaper page from The Starkville News carrying the name Fitzhugh
The Starkville News 1920-03-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 83,824 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fitzhugh in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

409 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fitzhugh. The most, 124, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 183
Queensland 78
Victoria 60
South Australia 38
Western Australia 27
Tasmania 11
ACT (Canberra) 7
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Fitzhugh,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Fitzhugh
    Henry Fitzhugh 1686–1758 · politician
  • Henry Fitzhugh
    Henry Fitzhugh 1687–1758 · politician
  • Ann Fitzhugh Rose
    Ann Fitzhugh Rose 1721–1789
  • Henry Fitzhugh
    Henry Fitzhugh 1723–1783
  • John Fitzhugh
    John Fitzhugh 1727–1809
  • George Fitzhugh d. 1505 · priest

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 Fitzhugh,
in the records of 4 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 States262 records

262 records of the Fitzhugh name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 127
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 72
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 33
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Howard FitzHugh

    Born 1930; from Hamilton County, Ohio. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1952 in North Korea. Buried at Little Rock National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    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 Woodrow W. FitzHugh

    Born 1913 in Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Richmond; cook from Rappahannock County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Culpeper National Cemetery, Virginia.

    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 Henry G. FitzHugh

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Servia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 33; merchant. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 262 records for Fitzhugh 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: 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).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Fitzhugh name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 6
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 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 Charles FitzHugh

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Lady East, sailing from Falmouth in 1824. Native of Northampton, Northamptonshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record D. FitzHugh

    Australian Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Richard FitzHugh

    Left Launceston in 1853 aboard the Pirate, bound for Geelong and Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Fitzhugh in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Fitzhugh name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record James FitzHugh

    Buried in 1963 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 21.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Richard FitzHugh

    Died 1892 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Richard FitzHugh

    Married 1864 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Fitzhugh in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Fitzhugh 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 H. A. FitzHugh

    Gunner, Al Field Artillery. 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: 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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