The Sturdivant surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,223 people carried this name — #4,876 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,800 people counted. That is up 9% from 6,631 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Sturdivant surname

As an English and Welsh surname

An early record he cites: Willelmus Styrtauant, 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

His entry covers Sturtevant, Sturtivant, Sturdevant and Sturdivant.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 725 · public domain.

In print

Sturdivant in American newspapers,
1867–1892.

Newspaper page from Pawtucket Gazette And Chronicle carrying the name Sturdivant
Pawtucket Gazette And Chronicle 1892-06-17
Newspaper page from South Branch Intelligencer carrying the name Sturdivant
South Branch Intelligencer 1867-05-31
Newspaper page from The Olneyville Times carrying the name Sturdivant
The Olneyville Times 1892-05-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,493 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sturdivant,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tom Sturdivant
    Tom Sturdivant 1930–2009 · baseball player
  • John Sturdivant 1938–1997 · trade unionist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sturdivant,
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 States342 records

342 records of the Sturdivant name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 213
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 102
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • 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 John W. Sturdivant

    Born 1917 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Missoula, Montana; construction foreman. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    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 Jasper Dean Sturdivant

    Born 1937; from Lake View Terrace, California. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1966 in 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 Pleasant G. Sturdivant

    Confederate Army veteran of the Civil War. Born 1844, died 1919; buried at Amburgey Cemetery, Hindman, Kentucky.

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

Showing 3 of 342 records for Sturdivant 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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: 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).

Norway1 record

1 record of the Sturdivant name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record John Sturdivant

    Census of 1910: Kalvhaven, Høvaag; born 1910 in Washington.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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