The Hairston surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,090 people carried this name — #2,260 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 14,891 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hairston surname

Habitational surname from a place in Scotland.

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

In print

Hairston in American newspapers,
1851–1884.

Newspaper page from Western Sentinel carrying the name Hairston
Western Sentinel 1884-08-14
Newspaper page from Weekly North Carolina Standard carrying the name Hairston
Weekly North Carolina Standard 1851-02-19
Newspaper page from Western Sentinel carrying the name Hairston
Western Sentinel 1884-11-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,248 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hairston,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jester Hairston
    Jester Hairston 1901–2000 · actor
  • Happy Hairston
    Happy Hairston 1942–2001 · actor
  • Robert Hairston 1717–1791 · politician
  • Peter Wilson Hairston 1819–1886 · merchant
  • Otis L. Hairston Sr. 1918–2000
  • Loyle Hairston 1926–2009 · writer

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 Hairston,
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 States694 records

694 records of the Hairston name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 448
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 190
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 26
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 22
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harold J. Hairston

    Born 1905 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; plasterer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Jimmy Lee Hairston

    Born 1948; from Washington, D.C. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, 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 William Hairston

    Veteran. Born 1889, died 1970; buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

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

Showing 3 of 694 records for Hairston 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) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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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