The Stanfill surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,346 people carried this name — #9,695 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 88,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,306 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Stanfill surname

An English surname. Derived from Stanfield.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Stanfill» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Stanfill in American newspapers,
1907–1921.

Newspaper page from The Lexington Progress carrying the name Stanfill
The Lexington Progress 1921-02-11
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Stanfill
The Birmingham Age-herald 1907-02-20
Newspaper page from The Lexington Progress carrying the name Stanfill
The Lexington Progress 1921-03-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,429 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Stanfill,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William A. Stanfill
    William A. Stanfill 1892–1971 · lawyer
  • Bill Stanfill 1947–2016 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Stanfill,
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 States167 records

167 records of the Stanfill name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 120
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 44
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Grover W. Stanfill

    Born 1917 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; checker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Oak Park Cemetery, Chandler, Oklahoma.

    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 Chester Earl Stanfill

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1933, died 1990; buried at Great Lakes National Cemetery, Michigan.

    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 Ciriaca R. Stanfill

    Born 1923 in Bocaue, the Philippines. Entered the United States at San Francisco in 1946. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

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

Showing 3 of 167 records for Stanfill 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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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