The Triplett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,408 people carried this name — #1,965 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 17,422 in 2000.

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In print

Triplett in American newspapers,
1895–1928.

Newspaper page from Watauga Democrat carrying the name Triplett
Watauga Democrat 1895-12-12
Newspaper page from Watauga Democrat carrying the name Triplett
Watauga Democrat 1928-12-27
Newspaper page from Watauga Democrat carrying the name Triplett
Watauga Democrat 1927-01-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 49,822 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Triplett in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

1,106 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Triplett. The most, 208, date from the 1930s. 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 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 317
Victoria 305
Western Australia 227
South Australia 207
Queensland 35
Tasmania 11
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Triplett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Coaker Triplett
    Coaker Triplett 1911–1992 · baseball player
  • Wallace Triplett
    Wallace Triplett 1926–2018 · American football player
  • Philip Triplett 1799–1852 · lawyer
  • Mose Triplett 1846–1938
  • Frank Triplett 1885–1967 · Australian rules football player
  • Mel Triplett 1930–2002 · American football player

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 Triplett,
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 States848 records

848 records of the Triplett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 578
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 233
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Grady Thomas Triplett

    Born 1948; from San Jose, California. U.S. Army, parachutist; killed in action 1972 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lonnie L. Triplett

    Born 1901 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Tacoma, Washington; painter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Washington State Veterans Cemetery, Medical Lake, Washington.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Minnie Triplett

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the Greece from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 19. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 848 records for Triplett 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia52 records

52 records of the Triplett name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 25
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 23
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Frederick Triplett

    Laborer of Nhill, Victoria; died 1932.

    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 Emma Triplett

    Arrived in Victoria in 1899 aboard the Ophir, aged 31.

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

    Of Broken Hill, New South Wales; died 1899.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 52 records for Triplett in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Triplett name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Antonia Yolanda Triplett

    Buried in 1986 at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence
  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 Leslie Edward Triplett

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. 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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Triplett 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 T. Triplett

    Royal Engineers. 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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