The Stites surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,349 people carried this name — #7,633 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,168 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Stites surname

Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Steitz.

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

In print

Stites in American newspapers,
1903–1922.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Stites
Great Falls Tribune 1922-02-08
Newspaper page from The Evening Tribune carrying the name Stites
The Evening Tribune 1908-03-15
Newspaper page from The Providence News carrying the name Stites
The Providence News 1903-10-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 140,981 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stites in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

186 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stites. The most, 43, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 57
New South Wales 46
Queensland 33
South Australia 25
Western Australia 15
Tasmania 10

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

Who carried it

People named Stites,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles W. Stites d. 1925 · politician
  • Raymond S. Stites d. 1974
  • Mildred Gant Stites Reed 1912–1967 · botanical collector
  • Richard Stites 1931–2010 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Stites,
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 States228 records

228 records of the Stites name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 103
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 63
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 52
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James R. Stites

    Born 1911 in Missouri. Enlisted 1944 at Jefferson Barracks; chemical plant worker from Franklin County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Union Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 James John Stites

    Born 1946; from East St Louis, Illinois. U.S. Army, unit supply specialist; killed in action 1968 in Binh Dinh, 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 Donald D. Stites

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 2000; buried at Goose Creek Township Cemetery, De Land, Illinois.

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

Showing 3 of 228 records for Stites 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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: 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Stites name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Rubin Stites

    Listed at Horton Township, Kings, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1838.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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