The Nettles surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,302 people carried this name — #3,198 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 10,711 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

25 families named Nettles, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 151 people lived in those households, 6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. 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

South Carolina 12
Pennsylvania 6
Maryland 4
North Carolina 3

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. 255 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Nettles in American newspapers,
1894–1912.

Newspaper page from The Herald carrying the name Nettles
The Herald 1894-06-12
Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Nettles
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1907-09-12
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Nettles
The San Francisco Call 1912-10-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 245,186 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Nettles in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

137 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Nettles. The most, 18, date from the 1890s. Victoria 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 South Australia, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 35
South Australia 28
New South Wales 23
Queensland 20
ACT (Canberra) 16
Western Australia 7
Tasmania 6

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

Who carried it

People named Nettles,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Richard Nevill Nettles d. 1851
  • Robert Nettles d. 1831
  • John Ryves Nettles d. 1785
  • Jane Bowerman d. 1762
  • Diante Nettles d. 2021
  • William Nettles 1581–1623

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Nettles,
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 States541 records

541 records of the Nettles name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 370
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 129
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Major J. Nettles

    Born 1932; from Marin County, California. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea. Buried at Baton Rouge National Cemetery, Louisiana.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John D. Nettles

    Born 1921 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jackson Columbia; power station operator. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Florence National Cemetery, South Carolina.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1859 aboard the Jeremiah Thompson from Liverpool, aged 21; laborer. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 541 records for Nettles 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Nettles name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record James Nettles

    Listed at Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1792.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Annie Nettles

    Born 1867 in Poor Asylum, Halifax, Halifax, 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. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Nettles name in Australia Queensland State Archives indexes
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ethel Nettles

    Arrived in Queensland in 1881 aboard the Famenoth.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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