The Yowell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,311 people carried this name — #9,784 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 89,300 people counted. That is down 16% from 3,938 in 2000.

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In print

Yowell in American newspapers,
1792–1911.

Newspaper page from The St. Mary Banner carrying the name Yowell
The St. Mary Banner 1911-07-01
Newspaper page from The Newhampshire Gazetteer carrying the name Yowell
The Newhampshire Gazetteer 1792-10-31
Newspaper page from The Mirrour carrying the name Yowell
The Mirrour 1792-11-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,005 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Yowell in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1930s.

143 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yowell. The most, 32, 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 New South Wales, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 92
Victoria 38
Queensland 5
Tasmania 3
ACT (Canberra) 2
South Australia 2
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Yowell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carl Yowell 1902–1985 · baseball player
  • Ed Yowell 1918–2007 · executive

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Yowell,
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 States169 records

169 records of the Yowell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 103
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 51
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edwin A. Yowell

    Born 1920 in Virginia. Enlisted 1946 at Winchester; farm hand from Culpepper County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1967, buried at Culpeper National Cemetery, Virginia.

    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 Henry Yowell

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Alaska from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 44; florist.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Arthur Williams Yowell

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1894, died 1960; buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 169 records for Yowell 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Yowell name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Yowell

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Bardaster, sailing from Portsmouth in 1835.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Yowell

    Arrived in Queensland in 1891 aboard the Tara, aged 21.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Timothy Leary Yowell

    Born 1849 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Yowell in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · 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: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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