The Northcutt surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,170 people carried this name — #5,633 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,112 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Northcutt surname

Variant of Northcott.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Northcutt» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Northcutt in American newspapers,
1919–1927.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Northcutt
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1919-05-07
Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Northcutt
The Bozeman Courier 1927-08-26
Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Northcutt
The Bozeman Courier 1927-08-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,224 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Northcutt in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1930s.

34 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Northcutt. The most, 12, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 22
Victoria 9
Queensland 1
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Northcutt,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gordon Northcott
    Gordon Northcott 1906–1930 · serial killer
  • Gordon Northcott
    Gordon Northcott 1906–1930 · serial killer
  • Hershel B. Northcutt d. 1971 · basketball coach

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Northcutt,
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 States317 records

317 records of the Northcutt name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 217
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 74
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lewis E. Northcutt

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Sam Houston; salesperson from Willacy County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 William Buckele Northcutt

    Born 1948; from Longview, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1966 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 William Northcutt

    Arrived at New York in 1869 aboard the Thomas Durham from Liverpool, aged 20; gardener. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 317 records for Northcutt 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Northcutt name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record G. Northcutt

    London Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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