The Pounds surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,838 people carried this name — #5,121 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,564 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

17 families named Pounds, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 100 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Pounds, Pound. 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

North Carolina 5
Pennsylvania 4
New York 3
South Carolina 3
Virginia 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. 257 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Pounds in American newspapers,
1845–1910.

Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Pounds
The Portland Daily Press 1902-01-27
Newspaper page from The White Mountain Torrent carrying the name Pounds
The White Mountain Torrent 1845-05-30
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Pounds
New-york Tribune 1910-08-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,398 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Pounds in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1970s.

3,811 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pounds. The most, 1,367, 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 Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,536
New South Wales 912
South Australia 493
Queensland 482
Western Australia 188
Tasmania 183
Northern Territory 9
ACT (Canberra) 7

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

Who carried it

People named Pounds,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louie Pounds
    Louie Pounds 1872–1970 · stage actor
  • Louie Pounds
    Louie Pounds 1872–1970 · stage actor
  • Caroline Pounds 1840–1880 · painter
  • Norman Pounds 1912–2006 · historian
  • Norman Pounds 1912–2006 · historian

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 Pounds,
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 States382 records

382 records of the Pounds name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 231
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 104
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Gaby B. Pounds

    Born 1922 in Alabama. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McClellan; miner from Walker County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Oakwood Memorial Gardens, Gardendale, Alabama.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Catherine Pounds

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Etruria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 55; matron. From Manchester, England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ronnie Louis Pounds

    Born 1947; from Kenner, Louisiana. U.S. Army, armor reconnaissance specialist; died of wounds 1968 in Long Khanh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 382 records for Pounds in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia99 records

99 records of the Pounds name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 69
  • Tasmanian Names Index 10
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 6
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • State Library of Western Australia 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 John Pounds

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Eleanor, arriving 1831.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elizth Pounds

    Arrived in Victoria in 1887 aboard the Oroya, aged 20; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Joseph H. Pounds

    Agent of Shepparton, Victoria; died 1898.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 99 records for Pounds in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Pounds name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Wallace Gene Pounds

    Died 1971 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 39.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. 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 Frederick Edward Pounds

    Died in service in 1918.

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

    Western Ontario 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 4 records for Pounds in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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 Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Pounds 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 E. B. G. Pounds

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    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 E. F. Pounds

    Welsh Guards. 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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