The Treat surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,765 people carried this name — #7,021 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,525 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

75 families named Treat, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 395 people lived in those households, 5.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. 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

Connecticut 51
Massachusetts 7
New York 7
Maine 6
Pennsylvania 3
Vermont 1

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

Treat in American newspapers,
1836–1887.

Newspaper page from Dollar Weekly Mirror carrying the name Treat
Dollar Weekly Mirror 1859-03-19
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Treat
Daily Kennebec Journal 1887-12-29
Newspaper page from The New Hampshire Gazette carrying the name Treat
The New Hampshire Gazette 1836-03-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,826 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Treat in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

11,717 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Treat. The most, 2,369, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 4,267
Victoria 2,399
Queensland 1,823
Western Australia 1,504
South Australia 1,146
Tasmania 520
ACT (Canberra) 34
Northern Territory 12

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

Who carried it

People named Treat,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Treat
    Robert Treat 1622–1710 · politician
  • Samuel Treat
    Samuel Treat 1815–1902 · judge
  • Elizabeth Treat d. 1706
  • Richard Treat 1584–1669
  • Anna Richardson 1699–1777
  • Susanna Treat 1703–1778

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 Treat,
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 States391 records

391 records of the Treat name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 147
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 93
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 80
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 48
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Herman C. Treat

    Born 1915 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1945 at Oklahoma City; welder from Contra Costa County, California. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Union Cemetery, Brentwood, 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 Floyd Gene Treat

    Born 1946; from Kaw City, Oklahoma. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 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 Catherine Treat

    Arrived at Boston in 1851 aboard the President from Liverpool, aged 30; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 391 records for Treat 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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).

Australia13 records

13 records of the Treat name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bridget Treat

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Cambodia, aged 18.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret Treat

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Cambodia, aged 28.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Michael Treat

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Cambodia, aged 2.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Treat in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Treat name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Andrew L. Treat

    Died 1914 in Clementsport, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jane Treat

    Married 1870 in Hebron, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record L. Augusta Treat

    Married 1889 in Hebron, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Treat in Canada.

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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Treat name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lloyd Daniel Treat

    Born 1911 in the United States; died 1990 in Périgueux (Dordogne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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