The Suttle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,333 people carried this name — #9,730 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 88,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,219 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Suttle surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Soothill’ — the first of the origins he gives.

An early record he cites: Adam le Sutel, London, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Suttle and Suttill.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 729 · public domain.

In print

Suttle in American newspapers,
1927.

Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Suttle
The Bozeman Courier 1927-08-12
Newspaper page from The Poplar Standard carrying the name Suttle
The Poplar Standard 1927-08-12
Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Suttle
The Bozeman Courier 1927-08-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,752 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Suttle in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

756 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Suttle. The most, 148, date from the 1930s. 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 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 461
Queensland 170
South Australia 51
Victoria 50
Western Australia 18
Northern Territory 2
Tasmania 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Suttle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ken Suttle 1928–2005 · association football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Suttle,
in the records of 4 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 States250 records

250 records of the Suttle name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 14
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 12
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 7
  • 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 James E. Suttle

    Born 1905 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Little Rock; hospital attendant from Washington County. Veteran of World War II; died 1952, buried at Fayetteville National Cemetery, 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 William Earl Suttle

    Born 1949; from Prattville, Alabama. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    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 Matthew Suttle

    Arrived at New York in 1867 aboard the City of Washington from Liverpool, aged 43; mechanic. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 250 records for Suttle 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 · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia33 records

33 records of the Suttle name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 19
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 7
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Thomas Suttle

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Earl Grey, arriving 1836; ticket of leave 1841. Native of Shropshire.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ellen Suttle

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Marco Polo, aged 22; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Joseph Suttle

    Died 1887 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 56.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 33 records for Suttle in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Suttle name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Wilfred D. Suttle

    Buried in 1968 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record John Michael Leo Suttle

    Died in service in 1953.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Adolphus Gerald Fitz Suttle

    Married 1947 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Suttle in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Suttle 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 S. Suttle

    Cheshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. T. Suttle

    Second Lieutenant. 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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