The Fogle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,434 people carried this name — #3,419 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 9,994 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

22 families named Fogle, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 142 people lived in those households, 6.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 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

Pennsylvania 11
Maryland 9
South Carolina 2

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. 240 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Fogle in American newspapers,
1905–1922.

Newspaper page from The Western News carrying the name Fogle
The Western News 1905-03-22
Newspaper page from Free Trader-journal And Ottawa Fair Dealer carrying the name Fogle
Free Trader-journal And Ottawa Fair Dealer 1922-09-29
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Fogle
Omaha Daily Bee 1918-12-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,136 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fogle in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1930s.

58 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fogle. The most, 27, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 35
New South Wales 14
Queensland 3
South Australia 3
Tasmania 2

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

Who carried it

People named Fogle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Fogle 1936–2012 · screenwriter

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

In the public record

People named Fogle,
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 States602 records

602 records of the Fogle name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 389
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 135
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 28
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 22
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Leonard A. Fogle

    Born 1931; from Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Ben G. Fogle

    Born 1914 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1943 at Columbus, Ohio; printing worker from Montgomery County, Ohio. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Dayton National 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 Alberto Fogle

    Arrived at New York in 1905 aboard the Algeria from Naples, aged 23; laborer. From Napoli, Italy.

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

Showing 3 of 602 records for Fogle in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

France9 records

9 records of the Fogle name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Roger Edmond Fogle

    Born 1920 in Évreux (Eure); died 1980 in Maizières-lès-Metz (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rose Eva Fogle

    Born 1893 in Langoiran (Gironde); died 1974 in Amiens (Somme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Berthe Fogle

    Born 1904 in Lafrimbolle (Moselle); died 1977 in Cirey-sur-Vezouze (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Fogle in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Fogle name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Josef Fögle

    From Lutterbach, Mülhausen-Els. Reported dead in the Württemberg casualty list of 6 April 1915 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 122).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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