The Quarles surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,780 people carried this name — #3,631 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 9,264 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Quarles surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Quarles’.

An early record he cites: Richard Quarles, Norfolk, 1501–02 (17 Henry VII) — Sanctuarium Dunelmense et Sanctuarium Beverlacense.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 629 · public domain.

In print

Quarles in American newspapers,
1898–1923.

Newspaper page from The Roundup Record carrying the name Quarles
The Roundup Record 1909-01-08
Newspaper page from Kansas City Journal carrying the name Quarles
Kansas City Journal 1898-04-20
Newspaper page from Stone County Enterprise carrying the name Quarles
Stone County Enterprise 1923-02-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,834 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Quarles in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

281 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Quarles. The most, 149, 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 Queensland, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 77
Victoria 69
New South Wales 51
South Australia 36
Western Australia 23
ACT (Canberra) 18
Tasmania 4

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

Who carried it

People named Quarles,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francis Quarles
    Francis Quarles 1592–1644 · writer
  • John Quarles
    John Quarles 1624–1665 · poet
  • Thomas Quarles, of Ufford 1410–1462
  • John Quarles 1440–
  • George Quarles 1490–
  • Robert Quarles 1501–1639 · politician

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 Quarles,
in the records of 3 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 States611 records

611 records of the Quarles name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 328
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 165
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 91
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Wayne Robert Quarles

    Born 1949; from Camden, New Jersey. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    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 Cleveland Quarles

    Born 1912 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; barber. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    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 D'Ufford Honorable Quarles

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the Queen from London and Plymouth, aged 27. From Holland, the Netherlands; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 611 records for Quarles 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Netherlands18 records

18 records of the Quarles name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 10
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 8
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Henri Quarles

    Died 1887 in Sint Plen, Switzerland, aged 76.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Willem Quarles

    Died 1826 in Den Haag, aged 75.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Quarles

    Married in 1725 in Hulst; born in Hulst.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Quarles in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Quarles name in Canada City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Harriet Quarles

    Buried in 1954 at Drummond Hill Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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