The McWhorter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,312 people carried this name — #3,801 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 9,185 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the McWhorter surname
Variant of McWhirter.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McWhorter» (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
19 McWhorter families were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 105 people lived in those households, 5.5 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
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. 253 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
McWhorter in American newspapers,
1906–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 45,337 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named McWhorter,
with a public archive behind them.
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George G. McWhorter 1833–1891 · politician -
Bob McWhorter 1891–1960 · baseball player -
Lucullus Virgil McWhorter 1860–1944 · anthropologist
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Joseph Marcellus McWhorter 1828–1913 · politician
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Henry C. McWhorter 1836–1913 · politician
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William A. McWhorter 1918–1944 · military personnel
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.
In the public record
People named McWhorter,
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 States527 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 364
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 121
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 21
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
- Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Jesse McWhorterBorn 1917 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Benning, Georgia; farm hand from Lowndes County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1998, buried at Mount Moriah Amez Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Henry Sterling McWhorterBorn 1934; from Savannah, Georgia. U.S. Navy, pilot; killed in action 1965 in North Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record John McWhorterArrived at New York in 1884 aboard the Furnessia from Glasgow and Moville, aged 35; laborer. From Ireland.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 527 records for McWhorter in the United States.
Counts: 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 · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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).
Canada2 records
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Mary McWhorterDied 1916; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Lettie McWhorterMarried 1902 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to McWhorter.
- McShane 5,006 · U.S. census
- McSwain 6,213 · U.S. census
- McSweeney 3,807 · U.S. census
- McVay 8,086 · U.S. census
- McVey 8,848 · U.S. census
- McVicker 3,738 · U.S. census
- McWilliams 20,523 · U.S. census
- Mea 295 · U.S. census
- Meacham 6,190 · U.S. census
- Mead 22,727 · U.S. census
- Meade 22,091 · U.S. census
- Meador 10,292 · U.S. census
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