The Waldrop surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,503 people carried this name — #3,405 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,100 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (10,535).
In the first U.S. census, 1790
19 families named Waldrop, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 139 people lived in those households, 7.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 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
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. 267 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Waldrop in American newspapers,
1905–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,444 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Waldrop in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.
88 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Waldrop. The most, 18, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.0 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Waldrop.
Who carried it
People named Waldrop,
with a public archive behind them.
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Keith Waldrop 1932–2023 · poet
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Keith Waldrop 1932–2023 · poet
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Howard Waldrop 1946–2024 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Waldrop,
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 States553 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 431
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 103
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
- Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Horace WaldropBorn 1920 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Jackson Columbia; farmer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Good Shepherd Memorial Park, Boiling Springs, South Carolina.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Raymond Clarence WaldropBorn 1948; from Albertville, Alabama. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Robert B. WaldropVeteran. Born 1887, died 1949; buried at Richmond National Cemetery, Virginia.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 553 records for Waldrop 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) · 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).
Norway12 records
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Example: U.S. census, 1910 Census record Ragna WaldropCensus of 1910: Nordal Brunsgate, Kristiania; boarding-house keeper, born 1862 in Kristiania.
Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO) -
Example: U.S. census, 1910 Census record Elias Christian WaldropCensus of 1910: Kirkegaten, Kristiania; "kadet", born 1890 in Kristiania.
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Example: U.S. census, 1910 Census record Anna WaldropCensus of 1910: Aas, Hurum; born 1858 in Sørum.
Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
Showing 3 of 12 records for Waldrop in Norway.
Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).
Netherlands1 record
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Francisca WaldropMarried in 1800 in Lith.
Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Waldrop.
- Waldman 5,549 · U.S. census
- Waldmann 655 · U.S. census
- Waldner 2,238 · U.S. census
- Waldo 4,699 · U.S. census
- Waldon 4,190 · U.S. census
- Waldron 17,501 · U.S. census
- Waldvogel 1,101 · U.S. census
- Wales 5,133 · U.S. census
- Waligóra 472 · U.S. census
- Walk 4,460 · U.S. census
- Walker 523,129 · U.S. census
- Walkowiak 1,099 · U.S. census
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