The Welborn surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,095 people carried this name — #4,956 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 7,014 in 2000.

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In print

Welborn in American newspapers,
1907–1917.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Welborn
Evening Star 1908-04-12
Newspaper page from The Jasper Weekly Courier carrying the name Welborn
The Jasper Weekly Courier 1907-10-11
Newspaper page from The Review carrying the name Welborn
The Review 1917-10-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,908 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Welborn in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

51 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Welborn. The most, 21, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 16
Western Australia 8
Queensland 7
South Australia 7
Victoria 7

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

Who carried it

People named Welborn,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Welborn
    John Welborn 1857–1907 · lawyer
  • Ira C. Welborn
    Ira C. Welborn 1874–1956 · army officer
  • Anne Acton Welborn 1871– · writer
  • Bob Welborn 1928–1997 · racing driver

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 Welborn,
in the records of 5 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 States421 records

421 records of the Welborn name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 296
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 91
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 22
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lemuel E. Welborn

    Born 1914 in Georgia. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McClellan, Alabama; manager from Hall County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Andersonville National 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 Alfred Welborn

    Arrived at New York in 1877 aboard the Scythia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 28; servant. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Melvin Oneal Welborn

    Born 1947; from Phil Campbell, Alabama. U.S. Air Force; died in an accident 1967 in Phu Yen, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 421 records for Welborn 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands71 records

71 records of the Welborn name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 48
  • Dutch population registers 18
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 5
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Willem Welborn

    Married in 1891 in Willemstad; born in Willemstad. Died 1909 in Fijnaart en Heijningen.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Willempje Welborn

    Born 1821 in Ridderkerk. Died 1903 in Ridderkerk, aged 81.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Anna Welborn

    In the population register of Heemstede; domestic servant, born 1850 in Delft.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 71 records for Welborn in the Netherlands.

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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Welborn name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Henry Welborn

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1847. Married 1847 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 30.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Joyce Welborn

    Retired of Castlemaine, Victoria; died 2001.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 4 records for Welborn in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Welborn 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 H. Welborn

    East Yorkshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Welborn in the United Kingdom.

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).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Welborn 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 Hermann Welborn

    From Aderstedt, Halberstadt. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 3 August 1916; then reported dead in the list of 7 April 1917 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 206).

    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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