The Fannin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,873 people carried this name — #5,092 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,900 people counted. That is up 9% from 6,321 in 2000.

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In print

Fannin in American newspapers,
1876–1893.

Newspaper page from The Providence News carrying the name Fannin
The Providence News 1893-10-19
Newspaper page from The Hawaiian Star carrying the name Fannin
The Hawaiian Star 1893-11-13
Newspaper page from Essex County Herald carrying the name Fannin
Essex County Herald 1876-08-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,158 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fannin in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

340 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fannin. The most, 57, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 130
Queensland 71
New South Wales 61
South Australia 34
Western Australia 27
Tasmania 10
ACT (Canberra) 5

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

Who carried it

People named Fannin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Fannin
    James Fannin 1804–1836 · military personnel
  • John Fannin
    John Fannin 1837–1904 · naturalist
  • Paul Fannin
    Paul Fannin 1907–2002 · businessperson
  • James D. Fannin 1739–1803
  • Robert Fannin 1775–1842
  • Robert Fannin 1775–1842

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 Fannin,
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 States429 records

429 records of the Fannin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 261
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 62
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 57
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 22
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Bryant D. Fannin

    Born 1935; from Baltimore, Maryland. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1967 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Rufus A. Fannin

    Born 1923 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1943 at Columbus, Ohio; metal worker from Pickaway County, Ohio. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Grove City Cemetery, Ohio.

    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 Catherine Fannin

    Arrived at New York in 1863 aboard the Chancellor from Liverpool, aged 19; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 429 records for Fannin 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) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Australia46 records

46 records of the Fannin name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 17
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 11
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 8
  • Tasmanian Names Index 8
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  • State Library of Western Australia 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 Mary Fannin

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Maria, sailing from Kingston in 1849. Native of Kings. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1850. Married 1850 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 28.

    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 May Fannin

    Arrived in Queensland in 1872 aboard the Ramsay, aged 2.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Norah Harriett Fannin

    Of Taihope, New Zealand; died 1966.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 46 records for Fannin in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Fannin name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Harold Gordon Fannin

    Born 1912 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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