The Northrop surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,990 people carried this name — #8,305 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,727 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Northrop surname

As an English and Welsh surname

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

An early record he cites: Stephen de Northorp, Lincolnshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Northorp, Northrop and Northup.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 561 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

153 families named Northrop, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 863 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Northrop, Northoop, Northorp, Northrope, Northroup, Northrup, Northup, Nortrip, Nortrup, Nothrop. 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

Connecticut 64
New York 38
Rhode Island 33
Massachusetts 10
Vermont 4
Pennsylvania 4

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

Northrop in American newspapers,
1903–1914.

Newspaper page from The St. Louis Republic carrying the name Northrop
The St. Louis Republic 1903-09-24
Newspaper page from The St. Louis Republic carrying the name Northrop
The St. Louis Republic 1903-06-22
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Northrop
The Birmingham Age-herald 1914-03-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 73,957 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Northrop in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1990s.

1,815 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Northrop. The most, 382, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 5.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 538
Victoria 360
New South Wales 331
Western Australia 289
ACT (Canberra) 199
Queensland 57
South Australia 33
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Northrop,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Birdsey Grant Northrop
    Birdsey Grant Northrop 1817–1898
  • Cyrus Northrop
    Cyrus Northrop 1834–1922 · academic
  • Ruth Northrop 1718–1799
  • Job Northrop 1731–1813
  • Sabra Northrop 1786–1853
  • Frederick Wolcott Northrop 1817–1877

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 Northrop,
in the records of 5 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 States493 records

493 records of the Northrop name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 148
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 95
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 67
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ronald Robert Northrop

    Born 1947; from Kansas City, Missouri. U.S. Army, translator-interpreter; died in service 1971 in Gia Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at Baxter Springs, Kansas.

    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 A. Northrop

    Born 1916 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; shipping clerk from Queens County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Emma Northrop

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the Majestic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 18; servant. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 493 records for Northrop in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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).

Australia46 records

46 records of the Northrop name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 28
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 14
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Abraham Northrop

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Blundell in 1844. Native of Cullingworth, Yorkshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Raymond Northrop

    Accountant of Burwood, Victoria; died 1979.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Annie Northrop

    Arrived in Victoria in 1913 aboard the Themistocles, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 46 records for Northrop in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada10 records

10 records of the Northrop name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 8
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Donald John Northrop

    Died 1946; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Rebecca Northrop

    Died 1927 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  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 Roy Northrop

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 10 records for Northrop in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); 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).

United Kingdom8 records

8 records of the Northrop 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 A. E. Northrop

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record S. Northrop

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

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. Northrop

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

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

Showing 3 of 8 records for Northrop in the United Kingdom.

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).

Netherlands4 records

4 records of the Northrop name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 2
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Edward Earl Northrop

    Married in 1946 in Nijmegen.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Blanche Northrop

    Married in 1890 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Clark Thomas Northrop

    In a population register; born 1848 in Cicero.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Northrop in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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