The Lumpkin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,307 people carried this name — #3,805 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 9,144 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lumpkin surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Lambert’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 500 · public domain.

In print

Lumpkin in American newspapers,
1849–1928.

Newspaper page from Jamestown Weekly Alert carrying the name Lumpkin
Jamestown Weekly Alert 1893-10-12
Newspaper page from The Liberator carrying the name Lumpkin
The Liberator 1849-12-14
Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Lumpkin
The Bismarck Tribune 1928-12-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 50,539 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lumpkin in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1920s.

44 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lumpkin. The most, 9, date from the 1870s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 14
Tasmania 12
Victoria 12
South Australia 4
Queensland 2

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

Who carried it

People named Lumpkin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wilson Lumpkin
    Wilson Lumpkin 1783–1870 · lawyer
  • Joseph Henry Lumpkin
    Joseph Henry Lumpkin 1799–1867 · judge
  • John Henry Lumpkin
    John Henry Lumpkin 1812–1860 · judge
  • Joseph Henry Lumpkin
    Joseph Henry Lumpkin 1856–1916 · judge
  • Alva M. Lumpkin
    Alva M. Lumpkin 1886–1941 · judge
  • Thomasine Lumpkin 1626–1709

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 Lumpkin,
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 States480 records

480 records of the Lumpkin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 324
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 117
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 26
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William H. Lumpkin

    Born 1915 in Alabama. Enlisted 1942 at Montgomery; lawyer. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War; died 2001, buried at Cherokee Memory Gardens, Centre, Alabama.

    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 Gary Lumpkin

    Born 1945; from New Brunswick, New Jersey. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in 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 Charles Wesley Lumpkin

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1939, died 2000; buried at Barrancas National Cemetery, Florida.

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

Showing 3 of 480 records for Lumpkin 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, 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Lumpkin name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jno Lumpkin

    Arrived in Victoria in 1863 aboard the City of Hobart I, aged 34.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jno Lumpkin

    Sailed from Victoria in 1864 aboard the Suffolk, bound for London, aged 32.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 4 records for Lumpkin in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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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