The Jeter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,198 people carried this name — #2,729 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,400 people counted. That is up 6% from 12,419 in 2000.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
16 families named Jeter, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 105 people lived in those households, 6.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 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
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
Jeter in American newspapers,
1895–1904.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,060 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Jeter in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.
281 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Jeter. The most, 68, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 1.5 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Jeter.
Who carried it
People named Jeter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Bothwell Jeter 1827–1883 · captain -
William T. Jeter 1850–1930 · lawyer -
Henry N. Jeter 1851–1938 -
Jeremiah Bell Jeter 1802–1880 · Christian minister
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Claude Jeter 1914–2009 · singer
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Jim Jeter 1921–2007 · actor
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 Jeter,
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 States673 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 428
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 157
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 49
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
- Sacramento County historic burials 5
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Nathaniel H. JeterBorn 1924 in Virginia. Enlisted 1944 at Richmond; farm hand. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Cool Springs Christian Church, Keysville, Virginia.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Benton Arthur JeterBorn 1949; from Newport News, Virginia. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Frederick JeterArrived at New York in 1845 aboard the Zurich from Havre, aged 36; farmer. From Bavaria, Germany; bound for Buffalo.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 673 records for Jeter 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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).
France5 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Isidora JeterBorn 1900 in Margueron (Gironde); died 1979 in Pont-du-Casse (Lot-et-Garonne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Elise JeterBorn 1895 in Saint-Astier (Lot-et-Garonne); died 1973 in Eymet (Dordogne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Louis Joseph JeterBorn 1900 in Villeneuve-de-Duras (Lot-et-Garonne); died 1973 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande (Gironde).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 5 records for Jeter 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jeter.
- Jeronimo 2,641 · U.S. census
- Jessel 322 · U.S. census
- Jesson 392 · U.S. census
- Jessup 6,964 · U.S. census
- Jester 7,587 · U.S. census
- Jesus 2,033 · U.S. census
- Jett 12,008 · U.S. census
- Jette 1,500 · U.S. census
- Jeu 150 · U.S. census
- Jeudi 206 · U.S. census
- Jeudy 1,010 · U.S. census
- Jeune 1,242 · U.S. census
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