The Spruill surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,683 people carried this name — #4,616 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,500 people counted. That is up 7% from 7,184 in 2000.

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In print

Spruill in American newspapers,
1903–1910.

Newspaper page from Daily Press carrying the name Spruill
Daily Press 1910-04-06
Newspaper page from Daily Press carrying the name Spruill
Daily Press 1910-04-16
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Spruill
The Birmingham Age-herald 1903-11-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,460 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Spruill,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Godfrey Spruill 1650– · physician
  • Julia Cherry Spruill 1899–1986 · teacher
  • Corydon Spruill 1899–1988 · university teacher
  • James Spruill Jr. 1908–1987 · judge
  • Jim Spruill 1923–2006 · basketball player
  • Daffney 1975–2021 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Spruill,
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 States387 records

387 records of the Spruill name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 242
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 105
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 33
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Levy Spruill

    Born 1922 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Baltimore, Maryland; shipping clerk from Baltimore City, Maryland. Veteran; died 1963, 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. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ovell Spruill

    Born 1946; from Jersey City, New Jersey. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1970 in Thua Thien, 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 Willie A. Spruill

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1935, died 1978; buried at Raleigh National Cemetery, North Carolina.

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

Showing 3 of 387 records for Spruill 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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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