The Mapes surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,456 people carried this name — #6,260 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 5,484 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Mapes surname

Possibly a plural form of French Mape.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mapes» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

35 Mapes families were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 171 people lived in those households, 4.9 to a family on average. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

New York 33
Pennsylvania 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 251 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Mapes in American newspapers,
1872.

Newspaper page from The Home Journal carrying the name Mapes
The Home Journal 1872-10-17
Newspaper page from River Falls Journal carrying the name Mapes
River Falls Journal 1872-09-06
Newspaper page from The Manitowoc Tribune carrying the name Mapes
The Manitowoc Tribune 1872-08-01

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

In print

Mapes in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

432 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mapes. The most, 136, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 283
New South Wales 79
Victoria 33
South Australia 17
Tasmania 13
Western Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Mapes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Mapes
    James Mapes 1806–1866 · engineer
  • James Mapes
    James Mapes 1806–1866 · engineer
  • Mary Mapes Dodge
    Mary Mapes Dodge 1831–1905 · writer
  • Victor Mapes
    Victor Mapes 1870–1943 · playwright
  • Alice Wolmer 1540–1596
  • Francis Mapes 1588–1638

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 Mapes,
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 States673 records

673 records of the Mapes name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 234
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 193
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 122
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 99
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Donald L. Mapes

    Born 1914 in Germany. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; construction worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Charles Crooker from Havre, aged 18; farmer. From Prussia, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Eddie D. Mapes

    Born 1951; from Kootenai, Idaho. U.S. Army, medical specialist; killed in action 1970 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 673 records for Mapes in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia10 records

10 records of the Mapes name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 7
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 3
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Thomas Mapes

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Palmyra, sailing from Portsmouth in 1846. Native of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Leonard Mapes

    In the Western Australian Biographical Index; born 1831, died 1874.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Jane Mapes

    Married 1866 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 38.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Mapes in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Mapes name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gertrude Mapes

    Died 1921; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Charles Mapes

    Died 1964; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jemima Mapes

    Died 1955; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Mapes in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. 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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