The Sorrells surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,921 people carried this name — #5,843 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,684 in 2000.

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In print

Sorrells in American newspapers,
1907–1930.

Newspaper page from The Daily Sentinel carrying the name Sorrells
The Daily Sentinel 1912-02-01
Newspaper page from Yorkville Enquirer carrying the name Sorrells
Yorkville Enquirer 1907-06-04
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Times carrying the name Sorrells
The Indianapolis Times 1930-05-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 33,629 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sorrells,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Sorrells
    Robert Sorrells 1930–2019 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sorrells,
in the records of the United States.

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 States252 records

252 records of the Sorrells name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 167
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 73
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 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 Harry H. Sorrells

    Born 1922 in Florida. Enlisted 1946 at Camp Blanding; station agent. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1967, buried at Barrancas National Cemetery, Florida.

    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 Bobby Horace Sorrells

    Born 1936; from East Point, Georgia. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1967 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John W. Sorrells

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1944, died 2000; buried at Dayton National Cemetery, Ohio.

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

Showing 3 of 252 records for Sorrells in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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