The Westfall surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,079 people carried this name — #2,758 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 12,968 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

42 families named Westfall, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 258 people lived in those households, 6.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. 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

Virginia 24
New York 10
Pennsylvania 8

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. 268 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Westfall in American newspapers,
1906–1909.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Westfall
Evening Star 1906-12-22
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Westfall
New-york Tribune 1909-07-18
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Westfall
New-york Tribune 1907-07-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 33,486 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Westfall in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

125 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Westfall. The most, 32, date from the 1940s. Queensland has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 42
Western Australia 34
New South Wales 18
Victoria 17
South Australia 11
ACT (Canberra) 1
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Westfall,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bob Westfall
    Bob Westfall 1919–1980 · American football player
  • Isaac M. Westfall 1821–1888 · politician
  • Pearl Dutchess Westfall 1879–1950 · writer
  • Wilhelmus David Allen Westfall 1879–1951 · mathematician
  • Anne Westfall 1901– · programmer
  • Ed Westfall 1909–1968 · 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 Westfall,
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 States971 records

971 records of the Westfall name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 451
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 203
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 157
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 106
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 38
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Rubin Wilbert Westfall

    Born 1952; from St Louis, Missouri. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1970 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clifford Westfall

    Born 1915 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio; foundry worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Hampton Church Cemetery, Buckhannon, West Virginia.

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

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1880 aboard the Koeln from Bremen, aged 22; farmer. From Hanover, Germany; bound for Wisconsin.

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

Showing 3 of 971 records for Westfall in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia19 records

19 records of the Westfall name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 15
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Westfall

    Arrived in Victoria in 1923 aboard the Euripides, aged 5.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Henry William S. Westfall

    Of Traralgon, Victoria; died 1984.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record J. Westfall

    Australian Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 19 records for Westfall in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Westfall name in Canada
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 11
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Earl John Westfall

    Buried in 1981 at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Agatha Maud Westfall

    Died 1936 in Acaciaville, Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Herbert Joseph Westfall

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 13 records for Westfall in Canada.

Counts: Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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