The Cundiff surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,283 people carried this name — #5,531 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,231 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Cundiff surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Cundcliff’.

An early record he cites: Robert de Cundeclif, Yorkshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Cunliffe and Cundiff.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 224 · public domain.

In print

Cundiff in American newspapers,
1902–1930.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Cundiff
Evening Star 1930-08-29
Newspaper page from The Washington Bee carrying the name Cundiff
The Washington Bee 1902-09-20
Newspaper page from The Coconino Sun carrying the name Cundiff
The Coconino Sun 1926-06-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,774 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cundiff,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Cundiff 1850–1935 · director
  • Penelope Lee Caudell 1877–1970 · scientific collector
  • Frederick Cundiff 1895–1982 · politician
  • Frederick Cundiff 1895–1982 · politician
  • Edward W. Cundiff 1919–2006 · university teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cundiff,
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 States341 records

341 records of the Cundiff name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 244
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • 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 Alfonso Cundiff

    Born 1918 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; farm hand from Gibson County, Indiana. U.S. Army veteran; died 1998, buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Princeton, Indiana.

    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 Eugene Cundiff

    Born 1943; from Owensboro, Kentucky. U.S. Army, ammunition supply officer; died in an accident 1968 in Pleiku, 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 Mary Cundiff

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Celtic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 25. From Roscommon, Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 341 records for Cundiff in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Cundiff name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Richard Robert Cundiff

    Buried in 1980 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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