The Menefee surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,695 people carried this name — #7,126 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,900 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,386 in 2000.

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In print

Menefee in American newspapers,
1878–1913.

Newspaper page from The Weekly Copiahan carrying the name Menefee
The Weekly Copiahan 1878-11-16
Newspaper page from The Ekalaka Eagle carrying the name Menefee
The Ekalaka Eagle 1913-08-01
Newspaper page from Big Arm Graphic carrying the name Menefee
Big Arm Graphic 1913-08-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,527 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Menefee in Australian newspapers,
the 1940s.

31 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Menefee. The most, 28, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 14
New South Wales 8
Western Australia 5
South Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1
Victoria 1

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

Who carried it

People named Menefee,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Menefee
    James Menefee d. 1927 · politician
  • Richard Menefee
    Richard Menefee 1809–1841 · lawyer
  • Richard Jouett Menefee 1837–1893
  • Maud Menefee 1869–1966 · writer
  • Margaret J. Menefee 1876–1950
  • Maynard Menefee 1907–1993 · politician

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 Menefee,
in the records of the United States.

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 States202 records

202 records of the Menefee name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 144
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 43
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • 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 Edmond T. Menefee

    Born 1916 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; waiter from Guadalupe County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Richard J. Menefee

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Umbria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 55; merchant. 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 Gene Allen Menefee

    Born 1939; from Birmingham, Alabama. U.S. Army; died of wounds 1966 in South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 202 records for Menefee 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 · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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); 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).

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