The Ragland surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,816 people carried this name — #2,815 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 12,159 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

In print

Ragland in American newspapers,
1913–1921.

Newspaper page from Putnam County Herald carrying the name Ragland
Putnam County Herald 1913-07-24
Newspaper page from Jackson County Sentinel carrying the name Ragland
Jackson County Sentinel 1921-04-14
Newspaper page from Jackson County Sentinel carrying the name Ragland
Jackson County Sentinel 1921-03-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 52,902 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ragland in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

430 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ragland. The most, 218, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 309
New South Wales 53
Victoria 52
South Australia 6
Western Australia 5
Tasmania 3

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

Who carried it

People named Ragland,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rags Ragland
    Rags Ragland 1905–1946 · actor
  • Rawlings Ragland
    Rawlings Ragland 1908–1977 · lawyer
  • Evan Ragland 1656–1717
  • Catherine Ragland 1681–1703
  • Henry Clay Ragland 1844–1911 · teacher
  • Texas Ragland 1868–1962

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 Ragland,
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 States672 records

672 records of the Ragland name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 432
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 180
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 32
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Fred Michael Ragland

    Born 1949; from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1969 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam. Buried at Philadelphia National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    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 Romley W. Ragland

    Born 1923 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee; loom fixer. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Augusta-S. Ragland

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the City of Bristol from Liverpool, aged 25. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 672 records for Ragland 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Australia10 records

10 records of the Ragland name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 8
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Guy I. Ragland

    Gentleman of Glenroy, Victoria; died 1955.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Charles Gordon Ragland

    Gentleman of Glenroy, Victoria; died 1994.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record G. T. Ragland

    Sailed from Victoria in 1908 aboard the Orotava, bound for London, aged 38.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Ragland in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Ragland 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 Presimon Ragland

    Born 1953 in Haiti; died 1990 in Cayenne (Guyane).

    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).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Ragland.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Ragland is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See the Ragland volume
Scroll to Top