The Vermillion surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,449 people carried this name — #6,271 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,323 in 2000.

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In print

Vermillion in American newspapers,
1906.

Newspaper page from The Roswell Daily Record carrying the name Vermillion
The Roswell Daily Record 1906-06-05
Newspaper page from The Roswell Daily Record carrying the name Vermillion
The Roswell Daily Record 1906-02-26
Newspaper page from The Roswell Daily Record carrying the name Vermillion
The Roswell Daily Record 1906-09-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 97,643 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Vermillion in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

59 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Vermillion. The most, 21, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 19
Victoria 16
South Australia 8
Queensland 7
Western Australia 6
Tasmania 3

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

Who carried it

People named Vermillion,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Texas Jack Vermillion 1842–1911 · police officer
  • Joseph Vermillion 1862–1889
  • John Vermillion 1922–2021 · military personnel
  • Scott Vermillion 1976–2020 · association football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Vermillion,
in the records of 2 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 States281 records

281 records of the Vermillion name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 205
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 64
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • 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 Royce M. Vermillion

    Born 1923 in Georgia. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; farm hand from Fulton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Decatur Cemetery, Georgia.

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

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1846 aboard the James N Cooper from Havre, aged 27; farmer. From Switzerland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Clarence E. Vermillion

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Born 1958, died 1990; buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Plymouth, Ohio.

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

Showing 3 of 281 records for Vermillion in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Vermillion name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Vermillion

    From Altenhagen, Iburg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 30 July 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 92).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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