The Stovall surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,827 people carried this name — #2,155 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 16,073 in 2000.

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In print

Stovall in American newspapers,
1873–1911.

Newspaper page from Bluefield Evening Leader carrying the name Stovall
Bluefield Evening Leader 1909-04-02
Newspaper page from The Fargo Forum And Daily Republican carrying the name Stovall
The Fargo Forum And Daily Republican 1911-08-04
Newspaper page from Los Angeles Daily Herald carrying the name Stovall
Los Angeles Daily Herald 1873-11-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 55,506 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stovall in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1940s.

40 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stovall. The most, 17, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 13
Queensland 12
Victoria 4
Western Australia 4
Tasmania 3
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 Stovall.

Who carried it

People named Stovall,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marcellus Augustus Stovall
    Marcellus Augustus Stovall 1818–1895 · military officer
  • Pleasant A. Stovall
    Pleasant A. Stovall 1857–1935 · diplomat
  • Jesse Stovall
    Jesse Stovall 1875–1955 · baseball player
  • George Stovall
    George Stovall 1877–1951 · baseball player
  • Robert L. Stovall
    Robert L. Stovall 1886–1949 · American football player
  • Daniel Shaw Stovall 1867–1911 · preacher

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 Stovall,
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 States935 records

935 records of the Stovall name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 587
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 267
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 59
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Archie B. Stovall

    Born 1905 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Shreveport, Louisiana; lumberman from Nevada County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Hope, Arkansas.

    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 Dawn Joseph Stovall

    Born 1930; from Presidio, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps; died of wounds 1952 in Korea. Buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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 Ronald Keith Stovall

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1968, died 1998; buried at Kent Forest Lawn Funeral Home and Cemetery, Panama City, Florida.

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

Showing 3 of 935 records for Stovall 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

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