The Sullins surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,741 people carried this name — #8,765 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,576 in 2000.

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In print

Sullins in American newspapers,
1911–1928.

Newspaper page from The Kevin Review carrying the name Sullins
The Kevin Review 1928-08-02
Newspaper page from The Liberal Democrat carrying the name Sullins
The Liberal Democrat 1911-09-01
Newspaper page from The Wheeling Intelligencer carrying the name Sullins
The Wheeling Intelligencer 1919-12-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,217 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sullins,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Quitman Sullins 1934–2019 · basketball player
  • Monty Sullins 1942–2025 · vertebrate zoologist
  • David Marc Sullins 1971–2001 · emergency medical technician

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sullins,
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 States126 records

126 records of the Sullins name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 92
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 33
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James C. Sullins

    Born 1923 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McClellan, from Marion County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Sullins Cemetery, Hamilton, Alabama.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John Sullins

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1846, died 1930; buried at Pioneer Cemetery, Prescott, Arizona.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Hilda E. Sullins

    Born 1923 in Great Britain. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 126 records for Sullins in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Sullins name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Sullins

    Middlesex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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