The Stjohn surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,843 people carried this name — #2,303 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 15,663 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Stjohn surname

An English surname from Old French.

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

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 10 births for the StJohn name in 1890.

Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Tipperary.”

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born, 1890

Munster 9
Leinster 1

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Stjohn in American newspapers,
1861–1911.

Newspaper page from The Detroit Times carrying the name Stjohn
The Detroit Times 1911-04-26
Newspaper page from The Detroit Times carrying the name Stjohn
The Detroit Times 1911-04-26
Newspaper page from New Oregon Plaindealer carrying the name Stjohn
New Oregon Plaindealer 1861-06-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,916 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stjohn in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

431 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stjohn. The most, 186, 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 Queensland, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 230
Victoria 63
New South Wales 55
Tasmania 40
South Australia 23
Western Australia 15
ACT (Canberra) 5

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

Who carried it

People named Stjohn,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
    Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke 1678–1751 · philosopher
  • Mark St. John
    Mark St. John 1956–2007 · guitarist
  • Al St. John
    Al St. John 1892–1963 · film screenwriter
  • Howard St. John
    Howard St. John 1905–1974 · television actor
  • John St. John
    John St. John 1833–1916 · jurist
  • Ian St John 1938–2021 · association football coach

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named Stjohn,
in the records of 3 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 States546 records

546 records of the Stjohn name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 416
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 115
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 7
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William Luke StJohn

    Born 1948; from Oakdale, Connecticut. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James StJohn

    Arrived at New York in 1881 aboard the Stella from Amsterdam, aged 19; farmer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Frank C. StJohn

    U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II. Born 1911, died 1966; buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 546 records for Stjohn in the United States.

Counts: 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Stjohn name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James A. W. StJohn

    Railway employee of W Brunswick, Victoria; died 1939.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm StJohn

    Sailed from Victoria in 1861 aboard the Mary Ann Wilson, bound for Otago, aged 29.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Valentine StJohn

    Will registered in Tasmania in 1939.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Stjohn in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Stjohn name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Jane StJohn

    Married 1876 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    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: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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