The Womble surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,311 people carried this name — #6,405 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,187 in 2000.

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In print

Womble in American newspapers,
1899–1904.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Womble
The Montgomery Advertiser 1904-09-11
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Womble
The San Francisco Call 1899-12-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,262 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Womble in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1930s.

59 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Womble. The most, 36, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 19
South Australia 11
Victoria 11
Queensland 8
Tasmania 5
ACT (Canberra) 3
Western Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Womble,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Royce Womble
    Royce Womble 1931–2016 · American football player
  • Warren Womble 1920–2015 · basketball player
  • Larry W. Womble 1941–2020 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Womble,
in the records of 2 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 States280 records

280 records of the Womble name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 183
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 81
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • 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 Graham H. Womble

    Born 1925 in New York. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; painter from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 William Thomas Womble

    Born 1948; from Norfolk, Virginia. U.S. Marine Corps, combat engineer; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    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 Alexander M. Womble

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Etruria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 45; exporter. Bound for California.

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

Showing 3 of 280 records for Womble 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Womble name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record A. M. Womble

    Arrived in Victoria in 1893 aboard the Oroya, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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).

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