The Sutphin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,188 people carried this name — #7,904 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,193).

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Sutphin surname

Americanized spelling of Dutch van Zutphen.

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

In print

Sutphin in American newspapers,
1917–1922.

Newspaper page from The Evening World carrying the name Sutphin
The Evening World 1922-10-09
Newspaper page from Der Tägliche Demokrat carrying the name Sutphin
Der Tägliche Demokrat 1918-06-15
Newspaper page from The Rice Belt Journal carrying the name Sutphin
The Rice Belt Journal 1917-11-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,191 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sutphin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Halstead Sutphin
    William Halstead Sutphin 1887–1972 · politician
  • Elizabeth Brady Sutphin 1905–1990

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

In the public record

People named Sutphin,
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 States255 records

255 records of the Sutphin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 148
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 52
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 38
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Norman W. Sutphin

    Born 1911 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; ironworker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Harold A. Sutphin

    Born 1930; from Shenandoah County, Virginia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in North Korea.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1874 aboard the Java from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 34; merchant.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 255 records for Sutphin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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