The Nalley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,134 people carried this name — #6,598 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. That is up 17% from 4,385 in 2000.

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In print

Nalley in American newspapers,
1902–1907.

Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Nalley
The Salt Lake Herald 1902-10-15
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Tribune carrying the name Nalley
The Salt Lake Tribune 1907-02-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,730 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Nalley in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

253 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Nalley. The most, 44, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 82
Victoria 66
Queensland 60
South Australia 24
Tasmania 11
Western Australia 7
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

In the public record

People named Nalley,
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 States233 records

233 records of the Nalley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 156
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 45
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 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 John A. Nalley

    Born 1917 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Myer, Virginia; baker from Washington, D.C. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1971, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Charles Thomas Nalley

    Born 1948; from Steubenville, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, combat engineer; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    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 Margaret Nalley

    Arrived at New York in 1871 aboard the Europa from Glasgow, aged 26; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 233 records for Nalley in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Nalley name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Ray Edward Nalley

    Born 1936 in the United States; died 1991 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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