The McAlpin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,071 people carried this name — #10,466 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 96,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,063).

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McAlpin surname

Variant of McAlpine.

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

In print

McAlpin in American newspapers,
1915–1927.

Newspaper page from The Buffalo Bulletin carrying the name McAlpin
The Buffalo Bulletin 1927-02-24
Newspaper page from The Buffalo Bulletin carrying the name McAlpin
The Buffalo Bulletin 1927-02-17
Newspaper page from The Tacoma Times carrying the name McAlpin
The Tacoma Times 1915-04-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,824 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McAlpin in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

3,067 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McAlpin. The most, 715, 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 Victoria, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,569
New South Wales 1,260
Queensland 113
South Australia 51
Western Australia 31
Tasmania 25
ACT (Canberra) 12
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named McAlpin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edwin Augustus McAlpin
    Edwin Augustus McAlpin 1848–1917 · military personnel
  • Colin McAlpin
    Colin McAlpin 1870–1942 · composer
  • Joseph W. McAlpin
    Joseph W. McAlpin 1900–1970 · politician
  • James McAlpin 1761–1847 · businessperson
  • Henry McAlpin 1777–1869 · architect
  • Vic McAlpin 1918–1980 · songwriter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McAlpin,
in the records of 4 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 States340 records

340 records of the McAlpin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 97
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 93
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 66
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • 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 Claude A. McAlpin

    Born 1915 in Washington. Enlisted 1943 at Seattle; factory foreman from Lewis County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at Washington Veterans Home, Retsil, Washington.

    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 Michael J. McAlpin

    Born 1931; from Los Angeles County, California. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    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 Samuel McAlpin

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Germanic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 42; merchant. From Belfast, Ireland; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 340 records for McAlpin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia172 records

172 records of the McAlpin name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 90
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 58
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 13
  • Tasmanian Names Index 8
  • Queensland State Archives 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 James McAlpin

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Augusta Jessie, sailing from Portsmouth in 1834. Native of Glasgow, Lanarkshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 Mary McAlpin

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Chowringhee, aged 37; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John McAlpin

    Baker of Abbotsford, Victoria; died 1911.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 172 records for McAlpin in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada23 records

23 records of the McAlpin name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 19
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ed McAlpin

    Came to Ontario in 1879 aboard the Sarmatian, landing at Quebec, bound for Gravenhurst, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Martha Helen McAlpin

    Buried in 1971 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Percy McAlpin

    Died 1918 in Seabrook, Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 23 records for McAlpin in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom5 records

5 records of the McAlpin name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 3
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record William Mc McAlpin

    Buried in 1797 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 34.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Donald Alexander Lewis McAlpin

    Will proved in 1930; of Llanstadwell.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. McAlpin

    Royal Scots. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 5 records for McAlpin in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); 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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