The Southall surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,231 people carried this name — #9,983 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,131 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Southall surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Southall’.

An early record he cites: Nicholas de Suthalle, Norfolk, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Southall and Southal.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 704 · public domain.

In print

Southall in American newspapers,
1899–1919.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Southall
The Montgomery Advertiser 1919-06-17
Newspaper page from East Mississippi Times carrying the name Southall
East Mississippi Times 1914-04-24
Newspaper page from Hopkinsville Kentuckian carrying the name Southall
Hopkinsville Kentuckian 1899-08-01

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

In print

Southall in Australian newspapers,
1840s–2000s.

3,631 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Southall. The most, 657, date from the 1880s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,359
Victoria 583
South Australia 519
Queensland 457
Western Australia 439
Tasmania 233
ACT (Canberra) 39

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

Who carried it

People named Southall,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Southall
    Joseph Southall 1861–1944 · painter
  • Joseph Southall
    Joseph Southall 1861–1944 · painter
  • Valentine W. Southall 1785–1861 · politician
  • Eliza Allen Southall 1823–1851
  • Robert G. Southall 1852–1924 · judge
  • John Edward Southall 1855–1928 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Southall,
in the records of 6 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 States331 records

331 records of the Southall name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 123
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 62
  • Other U.S. records 146
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lloyd R. Southall

    Born 1916 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1941 at Huntington; farm hand from Jackson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1973, buried at Mount Olive Cemetery, Ripley, West Virginia.

    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 John Southall

    Arrived at New York in 1890 aboard the City of Berlin from Liverpool, aged 50; mechanic. From West Smithwick, England; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John George Southall

    Born 1946; from Wamego, Kansas. U.S. Marine Corps, administrative man; died in an accident 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 331 records for Southall in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia291 records

291 records of the Southall name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 187
  • Tasmanian Names Index 36
  • Other Australian records 68
  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 Samuel Southall

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Layton, sailing from Portsmouth in 1827. Native of Wandsworth, Surrey. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1836. Married 1836 in Launceston, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Samuel Southall

    Died 1854 in Longford, Tasmania, aged 49. Will registered in Tasmania in 1854.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Southall

    Arrived in Queensland in 1883 aboard the Silhet, aged 27.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 291 records for Southall in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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); 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).

Canada19 records

19 records of the Southall name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 10
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Other Canadian records 6
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Annie E. Southall

    Died 1953 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ellen Mae Southall

    Buried in 1996 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. 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 Frederick James Southall

    Died in service in 1916.

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

Showing 3 of 19 records for Southall in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom16 records

16 records of the Southall name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 13
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 3
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Thomas Southall

    Buried in 1797 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 36.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. H. Southall

    Gloucestershire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Elizabeth Southall

    Buried in 1828 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 45.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 3 of 16 records for Southall in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Southall name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Frank Brian Southall

    Born 1934 in Great Britain; died 1994 in Niort (Deux-Sèvres).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Southall name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Emily M. Southall

    In the population register of Apeldoorn; born 1884 in Brazilië.

    Open Archives, CODA (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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