The Dunkle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,329 people carried this name — #9,736 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 88,500 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,364 in 2000.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
14 families named Dunkle, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 120 people lived in those households, 8.6 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
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
Dunkle in American newspapers,
1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 58,295 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Dunkle in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1960s.
144 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dunkle. The most, 28, 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 1.9 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dunkle.
Who carried it
People named Dunkle,
with a public archive behind them.
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Meryl Byron Dunkle 1888–1969 · botanical collector
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David Dunkle 1911–1984 · scientist
Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Dunkle,
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 States234 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 155
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 41
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 16
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Edwin H. DunkleBorn 1922 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1945 at Harrisburg; farmer from Bedford County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Clearville Union Cemetery, Everett, Pennsylvania.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Hannah DunkleArrived at New York in 1837 aboard the W. Glen Anderson from London, aged 18; farmer. From Oxenberg, Germany.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record James Robert DunkleBorn 1948; from Milton, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
Showing 3 of 234 records for Dunkle 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 · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).
Canada3 records
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Christopher DunkleDied 1966; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Helen DunkleBuried in 1987 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record William Robert DunkleBuried in 1984 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).
Australia1 record
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Charles E. DunkleArrived in Victoria in 1885 aboard the Mabel Taylor.
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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dunkle.
- Dunford 3,952 · U.S. census
- Dungan 3,819 · U.S. census
- Dunham 22,362 · U.S. census
- Dunigan 3,711 · U.S. census
- Dunkel 2,079 · U.S. census
- Dunkin 3,489 · U.S. census
- Dunlap 39,063 · U.S. census
- Dunlop 4,234 · U.S. census
- Dunn 141,427 · U.S. census
- Dunne 8,941 · U.S. census
- Dunning 10,784 · U.S. census
- Dunphy 3,666 · U.S. census
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