The Orcutt surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,831 people carried this name — #6,940 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,857 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

35 families named Orcutt, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 189 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 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

Massachusetts 11
Connecticut 11
Maine 4
New York 4
Vermont 3
New Hampshire 2

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. 256 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Orcutt in American newspapers,
1886–1912.

Newspaper page from Democratic Northwest carrying the name Orcutt
Democratic Northwest 1886-10-14
Newspaper page from The Daily Star-mirror carrying the name Orcutt
The Daily Star-mirror 1912-07-26
Newspaper page from Troy Weekly News carrying the name Orcutt
Troy Weekly News 1908-10-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,406 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Orcutt in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

543 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Orcutt. The most, 278, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 182
New South Wales 181
Western Australia 71
Queensland 66
Tasmania 24
South Australia 14

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

Who carried it

People named Orcutt,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Almond Mitchell Orcutt
    Almond Mitchell Orcutt 1824–1889 · politician
  • Lysander John Orcutt
    Lysander John Orcutt 1826–1885 · politician
  • John Orcutt 1807–1879 · Christian minister
  • Samuel Orcutt 1824–1893 · historian
  • Elizabeth Eastin Gray Orcutt 1825–1909 · poet
  • William Orcutt 1840–1882

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Orcutt,
in the records of 4 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 States391 records

391 records of the Orcutt name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 181
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 89
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 62
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 47
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clyde Q. Orcutt

    Born 1900 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; construction worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1956, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    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 Larry Lee Orcutt

    Born 1947; from Indianapolis, Indiana. U.S. Army, armor crewman; killed in action 1967 in Pleiku, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Dayton G. Whelchel Orcutt

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1963, died 1991; buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

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

Showing 3 of 391 records for Orcutt in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Orcutt name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gordon Orcutt

    Buried in 1985 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Catherine Orcutt

    Died 1927 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Myrl Alberta Orcutt

    Born 1916 in Canaan Mountain, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Orcutt in Canada.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. 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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Orcutt 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 M. H. R.F. Orcutt

    Second Lieutenant. 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Orcutt name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gilbert Orcutt

    Born 1918 in the United States; died 1994 in Valence (Drôme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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