The Ryals surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,523 people carried this name — #6,194 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,262 in 2000.

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In print

Ryals in American newspapers,
1902–1922.

Newspaper page from Bismarck Daily Tribune carrying the name Ryals
Bismarck Daily Tribune 1908-12-23
Newspaper page from Connecticut Western News carrying the name Ryals
Connecticut Western News 1902-03-13
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Ryals
The Topeka State Journal 1922-12-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Ryals in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

396 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ryals. The most, 100, 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 New South Wales, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 360
Queensland 20
Victoria 7
South Australia 5
Western Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Ryals,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James G. Ryals Jr.
    James G. Ryals Jr. 1855–1855 · university president
  • Clyde de L. Ryals 1928–1998 · university teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named Ryals,
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 States278 records

278 records of the Ryals name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 203
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 52
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edward S. Ryals

    Born 1920 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jackson Columbia; insurance salesman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Hope Memorial Park, Barnwell, South Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Edwin C. Ryals

    Born 1933; from Ouachita County, Arkansas. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John C. Ryals

    Arrived at New York in 1875 aboard the Idaho from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 36; clerk. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 278 records for Ryals 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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: 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia12 records

12 records of the Ryals name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 7
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  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 George Ryals

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Larkins, sailing from Downs in 1831. Native of Sheffield, Yorkshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Alfred Ryals

    Of Wattle Retreat, New South Wales; died 1881.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record George Ryals

    Bought land at Gladstone, Queensland in 1860.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Ryals in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Ryals name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. 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 John Bryan Ryals

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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