The Traylor surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,341 people carried this name — #2,701 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 12,627 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

23 families named Traylor, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 132 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Traylor, Tralor, Trayler. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 18
South Carolina 5

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 265 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Traylor in American newspapers,
1903–1915.

Newspaper page from The Tucumcari News And Tucumcari Times carrying the name Traylor
The Tucumcari News And Tucumcari Times 1915-06-03
Newspaper page from The Tucumcari News And Tucumcari Times carrying the name Traylor
The Tucumcari News And Tucumcari Times 1915-06-03
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Traylor
The Salt Lake Herald 1903-01-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,699 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Traylor in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

181 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Traylor. The most, 54, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 60
New South Wales 52
Queensland 25
Tasmania 17
South Australia 16
Western Australia 10

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

Who carried it

People named Traylor,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Melvin Alvah Traylor
    Melvin Alvah Traylor 1878–1934 · politician
  • Big Boss Man
    Big Boss Man 1963–2004 · professional wrestler
  • Deonte Traylor d. 2013
  • Bill Traylor 1854–1949 · artist
  • Melvin Alvah Traylor, Jr. 1915–2008 · zoologist
  • William Traylor 1930–1989 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Traylor,
in the records of 3 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 States554 records

554 records of the Traylor name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 390
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 134
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Eda M. Traylor

    Born 1896 in Illinois. Enlisted 1943 in the Women's Army Corps at Los Angeles, California; secretary. U.S. Air Force 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 Wayne McKennely Traylor

    Born 1946; from Heflin, Alabama. U.S. Army, track vehicle repairer; 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 James L. Traylor

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1939, died 1999; buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 554 records for Traylor 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); 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).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Traylor name in Australia Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Walter J. Traylor

    Retired of Warrandyte, Victoria; died 1950.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Edith M. Traylor

    Of Ararat, Victoria; died 1926.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Emily J. Traylor

    Of East Malvern, Victoria; died 1945.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Traylor name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Janet Mason Traylor

    Died 1954 in Woodside, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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