The Jeffcoat surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,406 people carried this name — #7,549 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,172 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Jeffcoat surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

From a pet form of the personal name Jeffrey.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Jeffcoat» (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 Jeffrey’.

His entry covers Jeffcock, Jeffcoat and Jephcott.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 428 · public domain.

In print

Jeffcoat in American newspapers,
1923–1925.

Newspaper page from Watauga Democrat carrying the name Jeffcoat
Watauga Democrat 1924-11-06
Newspaper page from Watauga Democrat carrying the name Jeffcoat
Watauga Democrat 1923-11-08
Newspaper page from Watauga Democrat carrying the name Jeffcoat
Watauga Democrat 1925-08-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,465 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Jeffcoat in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1980s.

1,119 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Jeffcoat. The most, 232, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 813
New South Wales 244
Victoria 35
South Australia 8
Western Australia 8
ACT (Canberra) 6

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

Who carried it

People named Jeffcoat,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hal Jeffcoat
    Hal Jeffcoat 1924–2007 · baseball player
  • George Jeffcoat 1913–1978 · baseball player

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 Jeffcoat,
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 States202 records

202 records of the Jeffcoat name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 157
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 36
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jack C. Jeffcoat

    Born 1914 in Georgia. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Blanding, Florida; salesman from Polk County, Florida. U.S. Army veteran; died 1997, buried at Restsia Memorial Park, Ormond Beach, Florida.

    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 John S. Jeffcoat

    Born 1930; from Seminole County, Georgia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    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 Parker Jeffcoat

    U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Born 1899, died 1968; buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 202 records for Jeffcoat 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

Australia44 records

44 records of the Jeffcoat name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 20
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 19
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 4
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Kate Jeffcoat

    Arrived in Queensland in 1911 aboard the Torilla, aged 2.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Joseph Jeffcoat

    Farmer of Wangoom, Victoria; died 1884.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Longfield Jeffcoat

    Of Rose Bay, New South Wales; died 1935.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 44 records for Jeffcoat in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

New Zealand11 records

11 records of the Jeffcoat name in New Zealand Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Jeffcoat

    Died 1997, aged 73; buried at Colville Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Alfred Elon Jeffcoat

    Buried in 1976 at Totara Memorial Park Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 75.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Francis Joseph Jeffcoat

    Died 2000, aged 46; buried at Omahu Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Jeffcoat in New Zealand.

Counts: Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Jeffcoat name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Eisiline Murrire Jeffcoat

    Buried in 1918 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Jeffcoat in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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