The Coons surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,466 people carried this name — #4,185 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 8,374 in 2000.

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In print

Coons in American newspapers,
1851.

Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Coons
The New York Herald 1851-04-15
Newspaper page from The Daily Union carrying the name Coons
The Daily Union 1851-04-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 609,446 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Coons in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

195 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Coons. The most, 28, date from the 1910s. 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 Queensland, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 49
Queensland 46
Victoria 40
South Australia 33
Western Australia 17
Tasmania 7
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Coons,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John William Coons 1840–1911 · writer
  • Alonzo B. Coons 1841–1914 · politician
  • John Calvin Coons 1877–1963 · writer
  • Arthur Coons 1900–1968 · economist
  • Armitage Trail 1902–1930 · writer
  • Albert Coons 1912–1978 · university teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Coons,
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 States984 records

984 records of the Coons name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 358
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 285
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 149
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 137
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 40
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • 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 Peter Michael Coons

    Born 1947; from San Diego, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    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 Hollis E. Coons

    Born 1920 in Iowa. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; route man. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 Edmund Coons

    Arrived at New York in 1883 aboard the Egypt from Liverpool, aged 18; laborer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 984 records for Coons in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada10 records

10 records of the Coons name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Douglas Coons

    Buried in 1951 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 45.

    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 James Robert Coons

    Died 1917 in Amherst, Cumberland, 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 Dexter Brand Coons

    Died in service in 1943.

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

Showing 3 of 10 records for Coons in Canada.

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

Netherlands8 records

8 records of the Coons name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 7
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Maria Coons

    Married in 1923 in Echt; born 1892 in Echt.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Adriana Coons

    Buried in 1729 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Maria Coons

    Baptised in 1764 in Roosendaal.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Coons in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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