The Robinett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,667 people carried this name — #8,925 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,619 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Robinett surname

As an English and Welsh surname

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

His entry covers Robinet and Robinett.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 650 · public domain.

In print

Robinett in American newspapers,
1902–1912.

Newspaper page from The Kalispell Bee carrying the name Robinett
The Kalispell Bee 1902-07-04
Newspaper page from The Spokane Press carrying the name Robinett
The Spokane Press 1909-11-17
Newspaper page from The Tacoma Times carrying the name Robinett
The Tacoma Times 1912-08-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,750 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Robinett in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

115 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Robinett. The most, 34, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 66
New South Wales 35
South Australia 8
Western Australia 3
Queensland 2
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Robinett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Moses J. Robinette 1819–1903
  • Hubert Kruse Robinett 1910–1984 · botanical collector

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Robinett,
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 States202 records

202 records of the Robinett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John D. Robinett

    Born 1922 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Peoria; welder from Greene County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Calvary Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois.

    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 Rodger Robinett

    Arrived at New York in 1870 aboard the City of Brooklyn from Liverpool, aged 25; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jeffery C. Robinett

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1954, died 1999; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 202 records for Robinett 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia21 records

21 records of the Robinett name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 13
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William John Robinett

    Retired travel consult of Patterson Lakes, Victoria; died 1995.

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

    Arrived in Victoria in 1849 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Royal George, aged 8.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Ellen Robinett

    In the Western Australian Biographical Index.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 21 records for Robinett in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Robinett name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Peter Robinett

    From Ham, Kreis Bolchen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 14 October 1914 (Infantry Regiment No. 98).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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