The Dungan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,819 people carried this name — #8,611 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 77,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,796 in 2000.

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In print

Dungan in American newspapers,
1887–1914.

Newspaper page from The Comet carrying the name Dungan
The Comet 1887-04-28
Newspaper page from The Parisian carrying the name Dungan
The Parisian 1914-07-10
Newspaper page from The Dickson County Herald carrying the name Dungan
The Dickson County Herald 1914-07-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,797 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Dungan in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

1,016 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dungan. The most, 298, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 673
Queensland 117
New South Wales 84
Western Australia 61
Tasmania 42
South Australia 35
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Dungan,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Warren S. Dungan
    Warren S. Dungan 1822–1913 · lawyer
  • James Irvine Dungan
    James Irvine Dungan 1844–1931 · lawyer
  • Nelson Young Dungan
    Nelson Young Dungan 1867–1932
  • Ralph A. Dungan
    Ralph A. Dungan 1923–2013 · diplomat
  • Emily Dungan d. 1872
  • David Roberts Dungan 1837–1920 · writer

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 Dungan,
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 States410 records

410 records of the Dungan name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 171
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 79
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 62
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 55
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Theodore M. Dungan

    Born 1904 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Phoenix, Arizona; construction foreman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Dungan

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

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jack Eugene Dungan

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1949, died 1996; buried at Tahoma National Cemetery, Washington.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 410 records for Dungan in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia67 records

67 records of the Dungan name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 43
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 18
  • Tasmanian Names Index 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Edward Dungan

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Captain Cook, arriving 1836; ticket of leave 1844.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Dungan

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Arabia, aged 22; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Helen Lynette Dungan

    Director of nursing of Upwey, Victoria; died 1993.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 67 records for Dungan in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Dungan name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Heather Dawn Dungan

    Died 1992, aged 49; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Dungan

    Died 1907, aged 69; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Emma Dungan

    Died 1942; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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