The Dunaway surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,798 people carried this name — #3,320 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 10,742 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

24 families named Dunaway, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 114 people lived in those households, 4.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 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

Virginia 14
Maryland 5
South Carolina 2
New York 1
Pennsylvania 1
North 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. 238 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Dunaway in American newspapers,
1897–1922.

Newspaper page from Daily Capital Journal carrying the name Dunaway
Daily Capital Journal 1911-12-14
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Dunaway
Evening Star 1897-08-14
Newspaper page from Mcnairy County Independent carrying the name Dunaway
Mcnairy County Independent 1922-04-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,106 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Dunaway in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1970s.

70 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dunaway. The most, 38, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 46
ACT (Canberra) 6
Victoria 6
South Australia 4
Queensland 3
Tasmania 3
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Dunaway,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Judson Dunaway 1890–1976 · businessperson
  • Harold Dunaway 1933–2012 · military personnel
  • Chuck Dunaway 1934–2022 · radio personality
  • Jim Dunaway 1941–2018 · American football player
  • Dave Dunaway 1945–2001 · American football player

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

In the public record

People named Dunaway,
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 States544 records

544 records of the Dunaway name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 397
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 125
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Philip H. Dunaway

    Born 1910 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Myer, Virginia; writer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1957, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, 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 Gordon Herbert Dunaway

    Born 1946; from Alexander City, Alabama. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; died in an accident 1966 in Quang Tin, 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 Charlotte Dunaway

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the Garrick from Liverpool, aged 17; servant. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 544 records for Dunaway 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). 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 Dunaway name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. 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 George Mason Dunaway

    Died in service in 1941.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Dunaway 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 Wm C. Dunaway

    Arrived in Victoria in 1922 aboard the Runic, aged 45.

    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).

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