The Pumphrey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,749 people carried this name — #8,749 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,591 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Pumphrey surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Humphrey’.

His entry covers Pumphrey and Pumfrey.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 626 · public domain.

In print

Pumphrey in American newspapers,
1904–1921.

Newspaper page from The Starkville News carrying the name Pumphrey
The Starkville News 1904-10-28
Newspaper page from Tensas Gazette carrying the name Pumphrey
Tensas Gazette 1917-05-18
Newspaper page from The Bienville Democrat carrying the name Pumphrey
The Bienville Democrat 1921-08-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,610 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Pumphrey in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1990s.

549 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pumphrey. The most, 121, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 6.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 311
Victoria 93
Queensland 83
New South Wales 30
ACT (Canberra) 15
South Australia 8
Tasmania 5

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

Who carried it

People named Pumphrey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Pumphrey d. 1823
  • Walter Pumphrey 1655–1721 · carpenter
  • Charles Ernest Pumphrey 1881–1950
  • Richard Pumphrey 1906–1967 · zoologist
  • Richard Pumphrey 1906–1967 · zoologist
  • Jonathan Moberly Pumphrey 1908–1992

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Pumphrey,
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 States250 records

250 records of the Pumphrey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 134
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 69
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 21
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donald Lee Pumphrey

    Born 1947; from Springfield, Missouri. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Long An, South Vietnam. Buried at Springfield National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 S. Pumphrey

    Born 1922 in Maryland. Enlisted 1942 at Baltimore; metal worker from Prince Georges County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran; died 1989, buried at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery, Maryland.

    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 Ellen Pumphrey

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the States Rights from Liverpool, aged 23; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 250 records for Pumphrey 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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).

Australia47 records

47 records of the Pumphrey name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 23
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 16
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Queensland State Archives 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 James Pumphrey

    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 William Pumphrey

    Arrived in Queensland in 1870 aboard the Royal Dane, aged 22.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record George Pumphrey

    Laborer of Woorndoo, Victoria; died 1883.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 47 records for Pumphrey in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (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).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Pumphrey name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Reginald Nelson Pumphrey

    Died 1977; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  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 Gerald Mathew Pumphrey

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Thomas Leo Pumphrey

    Born 1918 in North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 7 records for Pumphrey 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. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Pumphrey name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Alfred Henry Pumphrey

    Will proved in 1934; of Mansfield, Nottingham.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Pumphrey

    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)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Pumphrey in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); 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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