The Jarrell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,562 people carried this name — #2,660 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 13,224 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

49 families named Jarrell, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 306 people lived in those households, 6.2 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 21 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

North Carolina 18
Massachusetts 6
Virginia 6
South Carolina 5
New Hampshire 4
Rhode Island 3
New York 3
Connecticut 2
Vermont 1
Pennsylvania 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. 247 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Jarrell in American newspapers,
1894–1920.

Newspaper page from Rockingham Post-dispatch carrying the name Jarrell
Rockingham Post-dispatch 1920-12-09
Newspaper page from The Columbus Weekly Dispatch carrying the name Jarrell
The Columbus Weekly Dispatch 1905-02-16
Newspaper page from The Caldwell Watchman carrying the name Jarrell
The Caldwell Watchman 1894-06-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,867 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Jarrell in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

157 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Jarrell. The most, 34, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 58
New South Wales 38
Queensland 35
South Australia 11
Tasmania 8
Western Australia 6
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Jarrell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Myra Williams Jarrell
    Myra Williams Jarrell 1867–1937 · writer
  • Albert E. Jarrell
    Albert E. Jarrell 1901–1977
  • Randall Jarrell
    Randall Jarrell 1914–1965 · writer
  • Helen Ira Jarrell 1896–1973 · teacher
  • Tommy Jarrell 1901–1985 · singer

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 Jarrell,
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 States641 records

641 records of the Jarrell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 463
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 131
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Roger Dale Jarrell

    Born 1945; from Nashville, Tennessee. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam. Buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Millard G. Jarrell

    Born 1907 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Huntington; secondary school teacher. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at High Lawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home, West 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 Wm. Jarrell

    Arrived at New York in 1865 aboard the City of Baltimore from Liverpool, aged 27; cooper. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 641 records for Jarrell 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Jarrell name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Dennis Ray Jarrell

    Died 1967 in Openbaar Lichaam Zuidelijke Ijsselmeerpolders, aged 19.

    Open Archives, Het Flevolands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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