The Lankford surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,834 people carried this name — #3,028 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (11,827).

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In print

Lankford in American newspapers,
1910–1927.

Newspaper page from The Colorado Statesman carrying the name Lankford
The Colorado Statesman 1918-04-06
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Lankford
South Bend News-times 1927-12-17
Newspaper page from Franklin's Paper The Statesman carrying the name Lankford
Franklin's Paper The Statesman 1910-01-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,535 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lankford in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

196 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lankford. The most, 85, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 123
New South Wales 54
Victoria 7
Tasmania 5
ACT (Canberra) 3
South Australia 3
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Lankford,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John A. Lankford
    John A. Lankford 1874–1946 · architect
  • William Chester Lankford
    William Chester Lankford 1877–1964 · judge
  • Richard Lankford
    Richard Lankford 1914–2003 · lawyer
  • John Silas Lankford 1858–1936
  • Arthur Edward Lankford 1879–1908 · architect
  • Ad Lankford 1882–1967 · 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 Lankford,
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 States634 records

634 records of the Lankford name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 445
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 139
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 26
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Genie B. Lankford

    Born 1923 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; farm hand. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at Middle Tennessee State Veterans 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 Henry Dean Lankford

    Born 1947; from Union, South Carolina. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1966 in 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 John Lankford

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the State of Nebraska from Glasgow and Moville, aged 30; iron moulder. From Edinburgh, Scotland.

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

Showing 3 of 634 records for Lankford 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) · 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). 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).

Australia16 records

16 records of the Lankford name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 15
  • 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 May Lankford

    Arrived in Victoria in 1913 aboard the Roon, aged 14.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record John Lankford

    Left Launceston in 1852 aboard the Gem, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Daniel Lankford

    Arrived in Victoria in 1914 aboard the Benalla, aged 14.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Lankford 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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Lankford name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record T. Lankford

    Royal Field Artillery-. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    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).

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