The Majors surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,747 people carried this name — #3,650 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 9,480 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

51 people named Majors is counted in Finland.

Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 51

Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Majors in American newspapers,
1909–1924.

Newspaper page from The Enterprise carrying the name Majors
The Enterprise 1909-01-13
Newspaper page from St. Tammany Farmer carrying the name Majors
St. Tammany Farmer 1909-01-30
Newspaper page from The Browning Review carrying the name Majors
The Browning Review 1924-08-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Majors in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

495 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Majors. The most, 73, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 168
New South Wales 116
Queensland 81
South Australia 54
Western Australia 38
Tasmania 21
ACT (Canberra) 15

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

Who carried it

People named Majors,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alexander Majors
    Alexander Majors 1814–1900 · businessperson
  • Thomas Jefferson Majors
    Thomas Jefferson Majors 1841–1932 · politician
  • Monroe Alpheus Majors
    Monroe Alpheus Majors 1864–1960 · writer
  • Margaret Bonds
    Margaret Bonds 1913–1972 · composer
  • Farrah Fawcett
    Farrah Fawcett 1947–2009 · actor
  • Shirley Majors 1913–1981 · American football coach

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 Majors,
in the records of 5 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 States422 records

422 records of the Majors name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 268
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 122
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Daniel William Majors

    Born 1946; from Memphis, Tennessee. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam. Buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Eugene Majors

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; office clerk from Cottle County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alex Majors

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Gallia from Liverpool, aged 19; laborer. From Finland, Russia; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 422 records for Majors in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands6 records

6 records of the Majors name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  • Dutch population registers 2
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Janis Rudolfs Majors

    Died 1941 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 35.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jan Majors

    Married in 1771 in Lemmer.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Janis Rudolfs Majors

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Majors in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Majors name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Alfreds Majors

    Electricical technic of St Albans, Victoria; died 2001.

    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 William Majors

    Left Hobart in 1830 aboard the Lady Harewood, bound for London, as steward.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Julia Majors

    Of North Sydney, New South Wales; died 1929.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Majors in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Finland3 records

3 records of the Majors name in Finland
  • Finland's war dead, 1939–1945 2
  • Finland's war dead, 1914–1922 1
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Wilhelm Magnus Erik-Wilhelmsson Majors

    Born 1896 in Maalahti; labourer. Died in 1918 in Aleksandrovo, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Elis Ingvald Majors

    Born 1921 in Koivulahti; construction worker. Died in 1941 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Mustasaari.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Runar Edvin Majors

    Born 1918. Died in 1944 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Maalahti.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0) · Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Majors name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Dwayne Mathew Majors

    Died 1965; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Majors in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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