The Wilmoth surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,205 people carried this name — #6,516 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,119 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

Where the name comes from

The origin of the Wilmoth surname

Variant of Wilmot.

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

In print

Wilmoth in American newspapers,
1890.

Newspaper page from The Brookhaven Leader carrying the name Wilmoth
The Brookhaven Leader 1890-03-27
Newspaper page from The Brookhaven Leader carrying the name Wilmoth
The Brookhaven Leader 1890-05-22
Newspaper page from The Brookhaven Leader carrying the name Wilmoth
The Brookhaven Leader 1890-05-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,258 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Wilmoth in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

3,390 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wilmoth. The most, 650, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,130
Queensland 842
South Australia 233
New South Wales 133
Western Australia 27
Tasmania 22
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

In the public record

People named Wilmoth,
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 States240 records

240 records of the Wilmoth name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 175
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 43
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Andrew L. Wilmoth

    Born 1926 in Virginia. Enlisted 1944 at Richmond; farm hand from Halifax County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Scottsburg, Virginia.

    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 Robert W. Wilmoth

    Born 1931; from Charlotte County, Virginia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elizab Wilmoth

    Arrived at New York in 1890 aboard the Teutonic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 18; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 240 records for Wilmoth 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia40 records

40 records of the Wilmoth name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 25
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 13
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph Wilmoth

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Ultonia, aged 35; British subject.

    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 Reginald J. Wilmoth

    Retired of Queensland, Victoria; died 1956.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph A. Wilmoth

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Ultonia, aged 10; British subject.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 40 records for Wilmoth in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Wilmoth name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Daniel Wilmoth

    Died 1964 in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jennie Wilmoth

    Married 1895 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Jennie Wilmoth

    Born 1920 in Stellarton, Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Wilmoth.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Wilmoth is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See the Wilmoth volume
Scroll to Top