The Upshaw surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,401 people carried this name — #4,778 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,800 people counted. That is up 7% from 6,937 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Upshaw surname

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from Old English upp (“up; upper”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).

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

In print

Upshaw in American newspapers,
1910–1917.

Newspaper page from The Union Times carrying the name Upshaw
The Union Times 1917-02-16
Newspaper page from The Nashville Globe carrying the name Upshaw
The Nashville Globe 1910-11-25
Newspaper page from The Ocala Evening Star carrying the name Upshaw
The Ocala Evening Star 1915-12-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,880 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Upshaw in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1960s.

83 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Upshaw. The most, 55, 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 Queensland, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 28
New South Wales 18
Victoria 15
South Australia 9
Western Australia 4
Tasmania 3
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Upshaw,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William David Upshaw
    William David Upshaw 1866–1952 · politician
  • Jessica Upshaw
    Jessica Upshaw 1959–2013 · politician
  • Charles F. Upshaw 1928–1989 · botanist
  • Cecil Upshaw 1942–1995 · basketball player
  • Gene Upshaw 1945–2008 · trade unionist
  • Marvin Upshaw 1946–2024 · 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 Upshaw,
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 States294 records

294 records of the Upshaw name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 185
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 79
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 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 Edwin T. Upshaw

    Born 1917 in Virginia. Enlisted 1941 at Richmond; salesperson from Caroline County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Shiloh Umc Cemetery, Milford, Virginia.

    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 Olen Lee Upshaw

    Born 1937; from Holly Grove, Arkansas. U.S. Army, light air defense artillery crewmember; killed in action 1970 in Quang Ngai, 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 Harry Upshaw

    Arrived at New York in 1869 aboard the Great Western from Liverpool, aged 20; brick maker. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 294 records for Upshaw 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada139 records

139 records of the Upshaw name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 133
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Albert Upshaw

    Killed in the Halifax Explosion of 1917, aged 25.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Christopher James Upshaw

    Buried in 1974 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 20.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Diana Upshaw

    Died 1978; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Showing 3 of 139 records for Upshaw 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. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France2 records

2 records of the Upshaw 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 James Jean Paul Upshaw

    Born 1921 in Paris; died 1999 in Briançon (Hautes-Alpes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Victor Upshaw

    Born 1940 in the United States; died 1990 in Fontenay-lès-Briis (Essonne).

    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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