The Dugger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,164 people carried this name — #3,869 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 9,097 in 2000.

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In print

Dugger in American newspapers,
1909–1910.

Newspaper page from The Bourbon News carrying the name Dugger
The Bourbon News 1909-09-07
Newspaper page from The Bourbon News carrying the name Dugger
The Bourbon News 1909-08-10
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Dugger
The Washington Times 1910-02-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 649,555 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Dugger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dean Dugger
    Dean Dugger 1933–2000 · American football player
  • Edward Dugger 1894–1939 · military officer
  • Jack Dugger 1923–1988 · basketball player
  • Edwin Dugger 1940–2021 · composer
  • Arnold Dugger 1955–2007 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dugger,
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 States456 records

456 records of the Dugger name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 307
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 124
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Alfred Dugger

    Born 1935; from Warren, Ohio. U.S. Army, armor reconnaissance specialist; killed in action 1967 in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. Buried at Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Ernest L. Dugger

    Born 1906 in Kansas. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    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 Michl Dugger

    Arrived at New York in 1848 aboard the Empress 5 from London, aged 21; sugar baker. From Great Britain.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 456 records for Dugger 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 · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). 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).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Dugger name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Frances C. Dugger

    Arrived in Victoria in 1921 aboard the Suevic, aged 26.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record John Dugger

    Left Hobart in 1824 aboard the Alfred, bound for Port Jackson, as a seaman.

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

    Arrived in Victoria in 1866 aboard the Gothenburg, aged 33.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Dugger name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Eleanor Mae Dugger

    Died 1998; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

Counts: 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).

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