The Kellum surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,136 people carried this name — #5,658 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,100 people counted. That is up 10% from 5,603 in 2000.

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In print

Kellum in American newspapers,
1896–1909.

Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Kellum
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1909-02-10
Newspaper page from The Maryville Times carrying the name Kellum
The Maryville Times 1896-07-23
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald-republican carrying the name Kellum
The Salt Lake Herald-republican 1909-08-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,074 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kellum in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1940s.

87 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kellum. The most, 25, date from the 1920s. 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 Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 35
Victoria 24
Queensland 13
Tasmania 6
Western Australia 5
South Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Kellum,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Win Kellum
    Win Kellum 1876–1951 · baseball player
  • Anne Kellum 1540–
  • Lewis Burnett Kellum 1897–1985
  • Marv Kellum 1952–2023 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kellum,
in the records of 3 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 States332 records

332 records of the Kellum name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 189
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 76
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 35
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 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 George G. Kellum

    Born 1914 in Georgia. Enlisted 1940 at Fort Benning; sales clerk. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1991, buried at Andersonville National Cemetery, Georgia.

    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 Norman Wade Kellum

    Born 1950; from Corpus Christi, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, field artillery cannoneer; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South 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 Francis Kellum

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the British King from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 21; laborer. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 332 records for Kellum 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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).

Canada50 records

50 records of the Kellum name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 46
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. 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 Edward Kellum

    Served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion in the First World War, private; of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Margaret Ethelbell Kellum

    Died 1927; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Lydia Kellum

    Died 1935 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 50 records for Kellum in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Kellum name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Barker Kellum

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Samuel G Glover.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Kellum in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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