The Qualls surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,958 people carried this name — #2,999 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,700 people counted. That is up 7% from 11,222 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Qualls surname

Variant of Quarles.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Qualls» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Qualls in American newspapers,
1921–1923.

Newspaper page from East St. Louis Daily Journal carrying the name Qualls — **East St. Louis Daily Journal** 1921-10-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 31,943 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Qualls,
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 States506 records

506 records of the Qualls name in the United States

U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 364
U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 120
New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
Sacramento County historic burials 1

Example: U.S. registration card, 1942

Military record Duran Qualls
Born 1915 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Speck Cememtery In Overton Co, Allred, Tennessee.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Example: U.S. war memorial

War record Arthur Gerald Qualls
Born 1948; from Memphis, Tennessee. U.S. Army, utility helicopter repairer; died in an accident 1970 in Binh Thuan, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864

Burial record James Arthur Qualls
U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1997; buried at Dayton National Cemetery, Ohio.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 506 records for Qualls 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); 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).

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