The Kimbrell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,016 people carried this name — #5,759 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,887 in 2000.

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In print

Kimbrell in American newspapers,
1903–1920.

Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Kimbrell
The San Francisco Call 1903-03-27
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Kimbrell
The New York Herald 1920-12-07
Newspaper page from Atlanta Georgian carrying the name Kimbrell
Atlanta Georgian 1913-02-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,014 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kimbrell in Australian newspapers,
1940s–1950s.

27 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kimbrell. The most, 22, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 12
Victoria 6
Queensland 3
Western Australia 3
Tasmania 2
South Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Kimbrell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marketa Kimbrell
    Marketa Kimbrell 1928–2011 · actor
  • Bettye Kimbrell
    Bettye Kimbrell 1936–2016 · quilter
  • Fuller Kimbrell 1909–2013 · businessperson

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 Kimbrell,
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 States262 records

262 records of the Kimbrell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 192
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 62
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William B. Kimbrell

    Born 1913 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia; survey chainman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Louis Cleveland Kimbrell

    Born 1947; from Sibley, Missouri. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Pleiku, South Vietnam.

    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 Jeffers Kimbrell

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1933, died 1984; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 262 records for Kimbrell in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Kimbrell name in Australia NSW convict, estate and railway indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record A. C. Kimbrell

    Of Lavender Bay, New South Wales; died 1913.

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

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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