The Newkirk surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,620 people carried this name — #3,363 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 10,165 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

44 families named Newkirk, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 236 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 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

New York 35
Pennsylvania 6
North Carolina 2
Maryland 1

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

Newkirk in American newspapers,
1913–1917.

Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Newkirk
The Laramie Republican 1913-04-01
Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Newkirk
The Laramie Republican 1917-01-04
Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Newkirk
The Laramie Republican 1913-04-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,183 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Newkirk in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.

30 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Newkirk. The most, 7, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 13
Queensland 6
Victoria 5
Western Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 2
South Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Newkirk,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Matthew Newkirk
    Matthew Newkirk 1794–1868 · manager
  • Florence Chambers
    Florence Chambers 1907–1979 · swimmer
  • Burt L. Newkirk 1876–1964
  • Joel Newkirk 1896–1966 · baseball player
  • Vera Joyce Nelson 1903–1995 · poet
  • Floyd Newkirk 1908–1976 · baseball player

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 Newkirk,
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 States861 records

861 records of the Newkirk name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 363
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 192
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 165
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 117
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 17
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Floyd E. Newkirk

    Born 1908 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Chicago; social worker from White County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1976, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 Arthur R. Newkirk

    Born 1947; from Elizabethtown, North Carolina. U.S. Army, medium helicopter repairer; died in an accident 1969 in Phu Yen, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record William Louis Newkirk

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1983; buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 861 records for Newkirk 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. 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Newkirk name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William N. Newkirk

    Died 1905 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record William Herbert Newkirk

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record J. G. Newkirk

    Eastern Ontario Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Newkirk in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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