The Voyles surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,551 people carried this name — #6,165 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,353 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Voyles surname

Variant of Voyle.

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

In print

Voyles in American newspapers,
1903–1921.

Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Voyles
Evening Times-republican 1903-05-28
Newspaper page from The Clovis News carrying the name Voyles
The Clovis News 1921-06-02
Newspaper page from Cherokee Scout carrying the name Voyles
Cherokee Scout 1913-01-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,567 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Voyles,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carl M. Voyles
    Carl M. Voyles 1898–1982 · coach

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Voyles,
in the records of the United States.

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 States213 records

213 records of the Voyles name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 154
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 52
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James H. Voyles

    Born 1916 in Indiana. Enlisted 1940 at St Augustine, Florida; sales clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Roselawn Memorial Park, Springfield, Illinois.

    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 Voyles

    Born 1947; from Somerville, Alabama. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Gia Dinh, 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 Daniel Voyles

    U.S. Army veteran of the War of 1812. Born 1792, died 1867; buried at Daniel Voyles Cemetery, Salem, Indiana.

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

Showing 3 of 213 records for Voyles 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · 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).

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