The Souders surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,179 people carried this name — #7,920 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,146 in 2000.

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In print

Souders in American newspapers,
1906–1911.

Newspaper page from The Garland Globe carrying the name Souders
The Garland Globe 1906-07-14
Newspaper page from The Estancia News carrying the name Souders
The Estancia News 1911-12-15
Newspaper page from The Morning News carrying the name Souders
The Morning News 1911-12-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,747 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Souders,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Souders
    George Souders 1900–1976 · engineer
  • Cecil Souders
    Cecil Souders 1921–2021 · American football player
  • Tressie Souders 1897–1995 · film director

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 Souders,
in the records of 2 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 States265 records

265 records of the Souders name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 176
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 80
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Stanley L. Souders

    Born 1922 in Maryland. Enlisted 1942 at Baltimore; office clerk from Baltimore City. Veteran; died 1956, buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Thomas J. Souders

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1948, died 1998; buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Saint Paris, Ohio.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gordan Dean Souders

    U.S. Army; died in an accident 1952 in Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 265 records for Souders 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Souders name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johannes Souders

    Married in 1733 in Bergen op Zoom; born in Goes.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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