The Dunigan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,711 people carried this name — #8,828 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,460 in 2000.

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In print

Dunigan in American newspapers,
1907–1915.

Newspaper page from The Caucasian carrying the name Dunigan
The Caucasian 1912-06-02
Newspaper page from Daily Capital Journal carrying the name Dunigan
Daily Capital Journal 1915-11-04
Newspaper page from The Port Gibson Reveille carrying the name Dunigan
The Port Gibson Reveille 1907-06-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,709 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Dunigan in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

44 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dunigan. The most, 9, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 20
New South Wales 7
South Australia 7
Victoria 5
Tasmania 3
ACT (Canberra) 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Dunigan,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David J. Dunigan 1880–1928 · businessperson
  • Lord Infamous 1975–2013 · rapper

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dunigan,
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 States332 records

332 records of the Dunigan name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 118
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 87
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 45
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 35
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 21
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 19
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • 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 James N. Dunigan

    Born 1924 in Indiana. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Benjamin Harrison; farm hand from Morgan County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at New South Park Cemetery, Martinsville, 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 Jerry Wayne Dunigan

    Born 1946; from Benton, Kentucky. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1966 in Quang Nam, 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 Catherine Dunigan

    Arrived at New York in 1834 aboard the Tagus from Sligo, aged 25; dressmaker. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 332 records for Dunigan in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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).

Australia18 records

18 records of the Dunigan name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 12
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 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 Eleanor Dunigan

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Blackfriar, sailing from Kingston in 1851. Native of Sligo.

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

    Arrived in Victoria in 1858 aboard the Africa, aged 21; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record F. J. Dunigan

    Australian Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Dunigan in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Dunigan name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. H. Dunigan

    The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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