The Hovis surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,462 people carried this name — #9,394 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is down 6% from 3,675 in 2000.

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In print

Hovis in American newspapers,
1908–1911.

Newspaper page from Fergus County Democrat carrying the name Hovis
Fergus County Democrat 1911-08-08
Newspaper page from The Log Cabin Democrat carrying the name Hovis
The Log Cabin Democrat 1908-02-13
Newspaper page from The Log Cabin Democrat carrying the name Hovis
The Log Cabin Democrat 1908-02-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,994 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hovis in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.

66 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hovis. The most, 22, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 44
New South Wales 12
Queensland 5
South Australia 4
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Hovis,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Larry Hovis 1936–2003 · screenwriter

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hovis,
in the records of 2 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 States191 records

191 records of the Hovis name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 40
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • 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 Clarence W. Hovis

    Born 1920 in Kansas. Enlisted 1942 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; electrician. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran; died 1997, buried at Resthaven Memory Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    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 Kenneth B. Hovis

    Born 1931; from Venango County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1953 in South Korea.

    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 Cantine Hovis

    Arrived at New York in 1847 aboard the Argo from Havre, aged 24; farmer. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 191 records for Hovis in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Netherlands141 records

141 records of the Hovis name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 89
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 50
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jan Hovis

    Married in 1842 in Schermerhorn; "spinner". Died 1862 in Schermerhorn, aged 43.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Johannes Hovis

    In the population register of Vlissingen; sailor, born 1775 in Oostende.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maarten Hovis

    Died 1938 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 70; "sigarenwinkelier".

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 141 records for Hovis in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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