The Newlin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,175 people carried this name — #7,926 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,163).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Newlin surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Newlyn’.

His entry covers Newling and Newlin.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 556 · public domain.

In print

Newlin in American newspapers,
1899–1925.

Newspaper page from St. Landry Clarion carrying the name Newlin
St. Landry Clarion 1920-03-13
Newspaper page from The Neihart Herald carrying the name Newlin
The Neihart Herald 1899-01-07
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Newlin
Daily Kennebec Journal 1925-08-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,223 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Newlin in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1980s.

159 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Newlin. The most, 44, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 89
South Australia 31
Victoria 10
Queensland 8
Western Australia 6
Tasmania 5
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Newlin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Katharine Newlin Burt
    Katharine Newlin Burt 1882–1977 · writer
  • Melvin E. Newlin
    Melvin E. Newlin 1948–1967 · military personnel
  • Thomas Newlin 1688–1744 · cleric
  • Ora Allen Newlin 1875–1944 · writer
  • Algie Innman Newlin 1895–1985 · historian
  • John Burton Newlin 1909–1968 · writer

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 Newlin,
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 States296 records

296 records of the Newlin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 170
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 55
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 45
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • Ramsey County (Minnesota) Memorial Hall, war dead 1
  • 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 Melvin Earl Newlin

    Born 1948; from Wellsville, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, Wellsville, Ohio.

    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 Charles L. Newlin

    Born 1914 in Missouri. Enlisted 1944 at Jefferson Barracks; driver from St Louis County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, 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)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Rose Newlin

    Arrived at New York in 1856 aboard the James Foster Jr. from Liverpool, aged 28; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 296 records for Newlin 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (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 Newlin name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Christopher Newlin

    Listed at Halifax, 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
    Civil record Chr Newlin

    Listed at Halifax, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1793.

    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 Newlin name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jno Newlin

    Sailed from Victoria in 1852 aboard the Esperanza, bound for Hobart Town, aged 25.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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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