The Suggs surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,585 people carried this name — #2,652 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 13,012 in 2000.

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In print

Suggs in American newspapers,
1845–1849.

Newspaper page from The Evansville Journal carrying the name Suggs
The Evansville Journal 1845-08-21
Newspaper page from The Mississippi Creole carrying the name Suggs
The Mississippi Creole 1849-05-11
Newspaper page from Jeffersonian carrying the name Suggs
Jeffersonian 1845-03-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 66,023 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Suggs in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

124 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Suggs. The most, 54, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 59
Victoria 21
Western Australia 13
Queensland 11
South Australia 8
Tasmania 6
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Suggs,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Virginia Suggs 1923– · badminton player
  • Walter Suggs 1939–2022 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Suggs,
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 States639 records

639 records of the Suggs name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 432
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 163
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 23
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Arthur W. Suggs

    Born 1906 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles; driver from Los Angeles County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 John E. Suggs

    Born 1931; from Cecil County, Maryland. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    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 Roy Earl Suggs

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1952, died 1998; buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

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

Showing 3 of 639 records for Suggs 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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).

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