The Killingsworth surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,686 people carried this name — #7,135 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,582 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Killingsworth surname
Variant of Killingworth.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Killingsworth» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In print
Killingsworth in American newspapers,
1905–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,708 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Killingsworth in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.
892 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Killingsworth. The most, 363, 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 Victoria, at 4.6 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 Killingsworth.
Who carried it
People named Killingsworth,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jim Killingsworth 1923–2007 · basketball coach -
John Devoken Killingsworth 1898–
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Edward Killingsworth 1917–2004 · architect
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Charles Killingsworth 1917– · economist
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 Killingsworth,
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 States235 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 154
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 61
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Scott E. KillingsworthBorn 1950; from Rossville, Georgia. U.S. Army, clerk-typist; died in an accident 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record William H. KillingsworthBorn 1917 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi; route man from Davidson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1944, buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record John L. KillingsworthU.S. Army veteran of World War II. Born 1899, died 1953; buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 235 records for Killingsworth 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: 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Australia25 records
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 17
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Raymond C. KillingsworthWatchmaker of Murrumbeena, Victoria; died 1951.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Margaret KillingsworthSailed from Victoria in 1910 aboard the Seydlitz, bound for Sydney, aged 58.
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Francis E. KillingsworthJeweller of S Melbourne, Victoria; died 1944.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 25 records for Killingsworth in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
United Kingdom1 record
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Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919 War record W. E. KillingsworthGunner, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.
National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Killingsworth.
- Kilgore 21,627 · U.S. census
- Kilhoffer 212 · U.S. census
- Kilian 3,065 · U.S. census
- Kilic 573 · U.S. census
- Killen 4,151 · U.S. census
- Killian 12,717 · U.S. census
- Killion 4,960 · U.S. census
- Killy 123 · U.S. census
- Kilmer 5,799 · U.S. census
- Kilpatrick 14,087 · U.S. census
- Kim 262,352 · U.S. census
- Kimball 23,293 · U.S. census
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