The Haviland surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,410 people carried this name — #9,531 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 86,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,305 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Haviland surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Haviland’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 366 · public domain.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 21 people named Haviland.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Haute-Vienne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Haute-Vienne 12
Charente 3
Paris 2
Charente-Maritime 1
Pyrénées-Orientales 1
Yvelines 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

47 families named Haviland, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 285 people lived in those households, 6.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 7 other spellings. 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

New York 40
Connecticut 4
Pennsylvania 2
Vermont 1

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. 244 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Haviland in American newspapers,
1899–1908.

Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Haviland
The Butte Inter Mountain 1901-05-02
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Haviland
Daily Kennebec Journal 1908-02-29
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Haviland
The Anaconda Standard 1899-08-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 77,109 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Haviland in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1990s.

4,940 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Haviland. The most, 850, 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 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,546
Queensland 409
Victoria 331
South Australia 228
Tasmania 215
Western Australia 128
ACT (Canberra) 43
Northern Territory 3

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

Who carried it

People named Haviland,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Haviland
    John Haviland 1792–1852 · architect
  • Thomas Heath Haviland
    Thomas Heath Haviland 1822–1895 · lawyer
  • Edwin Haviland
    Edwin Haviland 1832–1908 · photographer
  • William Haviland 1718–1784 · military personnel
  • John Haviland 1785–1851 · physician
  • John Haviland 1785–1851 · 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 Haviland,
in the records of 6 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 States848 records

848 records of the Haviland name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 471
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 125
  • Other U.S. records 252
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William J. Haviland

    Born 1912 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; longshoreman from New York County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1962, 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 Roy Elbert Haviland

    Born 1948; from New York, New York. U.S. Navy, pilot; died in an accident 1973 in North Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Denis Haviland

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the Anchoria from Glasgow, aged 40; laborer. From Co. Donegal, Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 848 records for Haviland in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia42 records

42 records of the Haviland name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 32
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • Other Australian records 6
  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 Richard Haviland

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Fortune, arriving 1806; ticket of leave 1812.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Louisa Mary Haviland

    Arrived in Victoria in 1858 aboard the Chesterholme, aged 9; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Athol C. Haviland

    Accountant of New South Wales; died 1954.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 42 records for Haviland in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). 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); 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).

Canada20 records

20 records of the Haviland name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 10
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Other Canadian records 6
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Donald A. Haviland

    Buried in 1979 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    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 Elizabeth Haviland

    Died 1915 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. 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 Winfield George Haviland

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 20 records for Haviland in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France12 records

12 records of the Haviland name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Edmee Haviland

    Born 1902 in Limoges (Haute-Vienne); died 1999 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Victor Maurice Robert Haviland

    Born 1897 in Jarnac (Charente); died 1987 in Limoges (Haute-Vienne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Christophe Jean Francois Haviland

    Born 1941 in Limoges (Haute-Vienne); died 1980 in Orsay (Essonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Haviland in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Haviland 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 A. Haviland

    Corporal, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Haviland name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Alma Dorothe Haviland

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1893 in Londen.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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