The Sprouse surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,229 people carried this name — #4,319 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,050 in 2000.

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In print

Sprouse in American newspapers,
1919–1923.

Newspaper page from Vernon Parish Democrat carrying the name Sprouse
Vernon Parish Democrat 1919-09-20
Newspaper page from Vernon Parish Democrat carrying the name Sprouse
Vernon Parish Democrat 1919-09-27
Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Sprouse
The Bozeman Courier 1923-10-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,255 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sprouse in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1960s.

88 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sprouse. The most, 31, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 37
Queensland 16
Western Australia 14
Victoria 12
South Australia 6
Tasmania 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Sprouse,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Marshall Sprouse
    James Marshall Sprouse 1923–2004 · judge
  • Bill Sprouse Jr. d. 1975 · composer
  • Philip D. Sprouse 1906–1977 · diplomat
  • Alline Banks Sprouse 1921–2018 · basketball player
  • Lowell Eugene Sprouse 1923– · writer
  • Stephen Sprouse 1953–2004 · fashion designer

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 Sprouse,
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 States487 records

487 records of the Sprouse name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 344
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 116
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Lonnie David Sprouse

    Born 1939; from Mableton, Georgia. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died of wounds 1966 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Frank M. Sprouse

    Born 1914 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at Richmond, Virginia; office clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1982, buried at Beaufort National Cemetery, South Carolina.

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

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1958, died 1997; buried at Quantico National Cemetery, Virginia.

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

Showing 3 of 487 records for Sprouse 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, Flexoline Index Data File (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. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Sprouse name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Robert Benjamin Sprouse

    Buried in 1990 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 70.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Bessie Emeline Sprouse

    Buried in 1986 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 84.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ernest R. Sprouse

    Buried in 1944 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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