The Cahoon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,849 people carried this name — #6,918 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,660 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Cahoon surname

Irish variant of Colquhoun.

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

60 families named Cahoon, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 336 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 other spellings. 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

Massachusetts 14
North Carolina 14
Pennsylvania 9
Rhode Island 7
New York 7
New Hampshire 3
Virginia 2
Maine 1
Vermont 1
Connecticut 1
South Carolina 1

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

In print

Cahoon in American newspapers,
1898.

Newspaper page from The Age-herald carrying the name Cahoon
The Age-herald 1898-08-17
Newspaper page from The Age-herald carrying the name Cahoon
The Age-herald 1898-08-17
Newspaper page from The Age-herald carrying the name Cahoon
The Age-herald 1898-08-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,449 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Cahoon in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

131 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cahoon. The most, 51, date from the 1950s. New South Wales 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 Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 55
Victoria 44
Queensland 11
South Australia 11
Tasmania 4
Western Australia 4

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

Who carried it

People named Cahoon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tiny Cahoon
    Tiny Cahoon 1900–1973 · American football player
  • William Cahoon 1774–1833 · judge
  • George Washington Cahoon 1837–1887 · hunter
  • Ellen Spencer Wilson 1847–1880
  • John Cyrus Cahoon 1863–1891 · ornithologist
  • Fred Cahoon 1876–1945 · basketball coach

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cahoon,
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 States303 records

303 records of the Cahoon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 152
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 64
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 33
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 19
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 17
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clayton L. Cahoon

    Born 1918 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Snelling; farmer from Pine County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minnesota.

    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 Herman Curtis Cahoon

    Born 1930; from East Lake, North Carolina. U.S. Army, construction equipment supervisor; died in an accident 1971 in Vinh Long, 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 Eliza Cahoon

    Arrived at New York in 1883 aboard the St. of Pennsylvania from Glasgow and Larne, aged 21; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 303 records for Cahoon 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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); 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).

Canada88 records

88 records of the Cahoon name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 76
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Cecil Joseph Cahoon

    Buried in 1992 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 71.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Louis Cahoon

    Died 1906 in Halifax, 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 Grant Alder Cahoon

    Died in service in 1945.

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

Showing 3 of 88 records for Cahoon in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. 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).

Australia13 records

13 records of the Cahoon name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 5
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record David Cahoon

    Arrived in Queensland in 1869 aboard the Star Queen, aged 27.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Francis Gordon Cahoon

    Farmer of Curyo, Victoria; died 1986.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Joseph Cahoon

    Held a land order in Queensland in 1866.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Cahoon in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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