The Northrup surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,663 people carried this name — #6,057 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 5,732 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Northrup 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 Northrup, Northorp 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

In 1790, Northrup was counted together with Northrop: 153 families in all.

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

Northrup in American newspapers,
1867–1926.

Newspaper page from The Conservative carrying the name Northrup
The Conservative 1867-02-14
Newspaper page from Smyrna Times carrying the name Northrup
Smyrna Times 1923-10-03
Newspaper page from Morgan County Democrat carrying the name Northrup
Morgan County Democrat 1926-11-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 47,930 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Northrup in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1940s.

79 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Northrup. The most, 28, date from the 1910s. 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 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 41
Victoria 11
South Australia 7
Tasmania 6
Queensland 5
Western Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Northrup,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jeremiah Northup
    Jeremiah Northup 1816–1879 · politician
  • A. Judd Northrup
    A. Judd Northrup 1833–1919 · judge
  • William Barton Northrup
    William Barton Northrup 1856–1925 · lawyer
  • Agnes Northrop
    Agnes Northrop 1857–1953 · glass artist
  • Josiah Northrup 1700–1788
  • Birdsey Grant Northrup 1817–1898 · writer

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 Northrup,
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 States643 records

643 records of the Northrup name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 206
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 180
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 136
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 34
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 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 Maurice Fredrick Northrup

    Born 1946; from Minneapolis, Minnesota. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; died of wounds 1967 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    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 Donald A. Northrup

    Born 1924 in Canada. Enlisted 1946 at Fort Preble Portland, Maine; cotton farmer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1979, buried at Brooklawn Memorial Park, Portland, Maine.

    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 Francis Northrup

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1937, died 2001; buried at Fort Ethan Allen Cemetery, Colchester, Vermont.

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

Showing 3 of 643 records for Northrup in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada78 records

78 records of the Northrup name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 56
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 10
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 8
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 2
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Rutherford M. Northrup

    Buried in 1917 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 25.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Bessie Northrup

    Died 1914 in Canning, Kings, 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 Avard Isaac Northrup

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 3 of 78 records for Northrup in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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).

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