The Stallworth surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,155 people carried this name — #4,357 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,200 people counted. That is up 10% from 7,381 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Stallworth surname

As a surname in the United Kingdom

Harrison classes it as an English name: ‘Stalwart’.

An early record he cites: John le Stalewrthe, Hundred Rolls.

From Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, vol. II (London: The Morland Press, 1918), p. 182 · public domain.

In print

Stallworth in American newspapers,
1895–1929.

Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Stallworth
The Indianapolis Journal 1895-11-26
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Stallworth
South Bend News-times 1929-05-23
Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Stallworth
The Bismarck Tribune 1929-05-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,258 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Stallworth,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Adams Stallworth
    James Adams Stallworth 1822–1861 · lawyer
  • Alma G. Stallworth
    Alma G. Stallworth 1932–2020 · politician
  • Dave Stallworth
    Dave Stallworth 1941–2017 · basketball player
  • Jacob Josephat Stallworth d. 2008
  • Dorothy L. Frauenhofer 1923–2016 · writer
  • Lewis A. Stallworth 1933–2008 · naval officer

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 Stallworth,
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 States309 records

309 records of the Stallworth name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 184
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 109
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James E. Stallworth

    Born 1923 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Benning, Georgia; route man from Clarke County. U.S. Army veteran; died 2001, buried at Pine Crest Funeral Hm & Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama.

    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 Edward Stallworth

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1934, died 1989; buried at Barrancas National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Anna H. Stallworth

    Born 1923 in Germany. Entered the United States in 1952. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 309 records for Stallworth in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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