The Dionne surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,788 people carried this name — #5,153 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 6,443 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Dionne surname

A French-Canadian surname from French.

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 26 people named Dionne.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Nièvre.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 9
Nièvre 9
Paris 2
Yonne 2
Loiret 1
Haute-Savoie 1
Seine-et-Marne 1
Hauts-de-Seine 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Dionne in American newspapers,
1909–1921.

Newspaper page from Vilas County News carrying the name Dionne
Vilas County News 1909-08-18
Newspaper page from The State-line Herald carrying the name Dionne
The State-line Herald 1909-08-20
Newspaper page from The Cordova Daily Times carrying the name Dionne
The Cordova Daily Times 1921-07-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,112 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Dionne in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1980s.

1,459 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dionne. The most, 880, date from the 1930s. 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 Western Australia, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 452
Queensland 289
Western Australia 219
Victoria 187
South Australia 142
Tasmania 90
ACT (Canberra) 18
Northern Territory 8

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

Who carried it

People named Dionne,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Élisée Dionne
    Élisée Dionne 1828–1892 · politician
  • Charles-Eusèbe Dionne
    Charles-Eusèbe Dionne 1846–1925 · naturalist
  • Narcisse Eutrope Dionne
    Narcisse Eutrope Dionne 1848–1917 · physician
  • Antoine Dionne 1738–
  • Amable Dionne 1781–1852 · politician
  • Benjamin Dionne 1798–1883 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dionne,
in the records of 5 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 States541 records

541 records of the Dionne name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 218
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 217
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 72
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joseph E. Dionne

    Born 1910 in Rhode Island. Enlisted 1942 at Providence; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery, Exeter, Rhode Island.

    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 James K. Dionne

    Born 1931; from Grand Forks County, North Dakota. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1953 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Alvine Dionne

    Born 1880 in Canada. Registered as a foreign national in Fall River, Massachusetts, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 541 records for Dionne in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, 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); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada50 records

50 records of the Dionne name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 17
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 16
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 10
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 3
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Albert Dionne

    Buried in 1970 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 80.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Joseph Jonathon Wilfred Dionne

    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 Raymond William Dionne

    Died in service in 1943.

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

Showing 3 of 50 records for Dionne in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · 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).

France10 records

10 records of the Dionne name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gabriel Roger Dionne

    Born 1910 in Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye; died 1990 in Clamecy (Nièvre).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Madeleine Dionne

    Born 1895 in Sens (Yonne); died 1986 in Montereau-faut-Yonne (Seine-et-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Bernard Gabriel Pierre Dionne

    Born 1943 in Lavau (Yonne); died 1998 in Gien (Loiret).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Dionne in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Dionne 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 Nazrine Dionne

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Audubon, aged 22; Canadian.

    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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Dionne name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Roger Joseph Dionne

    Married in 1946 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

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).

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