The Stancil surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,532 people carried this name — #6,183 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,200 people counted. That is up 6% from 5,221 in 2000.

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In print

Stancil in American newspapers,
1872–1923.

Newspaper page from The Cairo Daily Bulletin carrying the name Stancil
The Cairo Daily Bulletin 1872-09-12
Newspaper page from The Chesterfield Advertiser carrying the name Stancil
The Chesterfield Advertiser 1916-11-09
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Stancil
The Birmingham Age-herald 1923-06-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,659 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stancil in Australian newspapers,
1920s–1950s.

30 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stancil. The most, 21, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 10
Queensland 5
Victoria 5
Tasmania 4
Western Australia 4
ACT (Canberra) 1
South Australia 1

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

In the public record

People named Stancil,
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 States257 records

257 records of the Stancil name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 177
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Kenneth Leon Stancil

    Born 1934; from Chattanooga, Tennessee. U.S. Army, helicopter pilot; declared dead 1965 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Eley J. Stancil

    Born 1914 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bragg; sales clerk from Johnston County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Raleigh National Cemetery, North 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 Carl Stancil

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1953, died 2000; buried at Florida National Cemetery, Florida.

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

Showing 3 of 257 records for Stancil 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 · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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: 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).

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