The Norfleet surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,139 people carried this name — #7,988 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,924 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

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

Each family is counted by its head. About 108 people lived in those households, 4.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 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

Virginia 13
North Carolina 12

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

Norfleet in American newspapers,
1915–1922.

Newspaper page from The Liberal Democrat carrying the name Norfleet
The Liberal Democrat 1922-09-14
Newspaper page from The Bridgeport Evening Farmer carrying the name Norfleet
The Bridgeport Evening Farmer 1915-09-27
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Norfleet
The Topeka State Journal 1921-11-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,911 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Norfleet,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marmaduke Norfleet 1700–1774 · politician
  • Jesse Chambliss Norfleet 1854–1927
  • Wilson Norfleet 1869–1949
  • Willie Thompson Norfleet 1869–1918

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

In the public record

People named Norfleet,
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 States248 records

248 records of the Norfleet name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 129
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 77
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 28
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harold K. Norfleet

    Born 1928; from Pulaski County, Kentucky. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea. Buried at Mill Springs National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    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 Marvin P. Norfleet

    Born 1902 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; construction laborer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at Fort Donelson National Military Park, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Christopher C. Norfleet

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1824, died 1906; buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia.

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

Showing 3 of 248 records for Norfleet 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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