The Obryant surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,001 people carried this name — #8,283 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,770 in 2000.

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In print

Obryant in American newspapers,
1898–1917.

Newspaper page from The Spokane Press carrying the name Obryant
The Spokane Press 1908-09-12
Newspaper page from The Denver Star carrying the name Obryant
The Denver Star 1917-08-25
Newspaper page from San Antonio Daily Light carrying the name Obryant
San Antonio Daily Light 1898-07-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,610 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Obryant in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1940s.

77 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Obryant. The most, 15, date from the 1880s. 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 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 32
Victoria 22
Queensland 14
Tasmania 5
South Australia 2
Western Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Obryant,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hugh O'Bryant
    Hugh O'Bryant 1813–1890 · politician
  • Jimmy O'Bryant 1896–1928 · jazz musician
  • John D. O'Bryant 1931–1992 · educator

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named Obryant,
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 States217 records

217 records of the Obryant name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 150
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 58
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Anderson J. O'Bryant

    Born 1912 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1978, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Bolie O'Bryant

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1888, died 1968; buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Estelle M. O'Bryant

    Born 1917 in Halifax, Novs_. Entered the United States at Calais in 1946. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 217 records for Obryant 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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