The Shults surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,146 people carried this name — #7,975 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,019 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Shults surname

Americanized spelling of German Schulz.

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Shults was counted together with Shultz: 103 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 610 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Shultz, Schuls, Schultz, Schulz, Sholt, Sholts, Sholtz, Sholz, Shoults, Shoultz, Shualts, Shuls, Shult, Shults, Shulz. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 56
New York 28
Maryland 8
North Carolina 5
Virginia 4
Connecticut 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 261 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Shults in American newspapers,
1894–1922.

Newspaper page from The Hartford Herald carrying the name Shults
The Hartford Herald 1918-09-04
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Shults
The Anaconda Standard 1894-07-31
Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Shults
Great Falls Tribune 1922-02-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,806 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shults in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1930s.

43 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shults. The most, 7, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 14
New South Wales 11
Tasmania 6
South Australia 4
Victoria 3
ACT (Canberra) 2
Western Australia 2

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

In the public record

People named Shults,
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 States337 records

337 records of the Shults name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 150
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 64
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 58
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clellen E. Shults

    Born 1918 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Thurman Milton Shults

    Born 1930; from St Louis, Missouri. U.S. Navy, fireman; killed in action 1951 in 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 Martha Shults

    Arrived at New York in 1835 aboard the Dalmarnock from Greenock, aged 36; farmer. From Scotland.

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

Showing 3 of 337 records for Shults in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Shults name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  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 Russell Herman Shults

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Silas Shults

    Married 1881 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record John and Others Shults

    Named in a Nova Scotia land record for Annapolis County, in 1787.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Shults name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Shults

    Sailed from Victoria in 1857 aboard the Mimmie Dike, bound for New Zealand, aged 13.

    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 Yekaterina Petrovna Shults

    Of Sumy Oblast Ukraine, Victoria; died 1998.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

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

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