The Fugate surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,375 people carried this name — #3,441 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 10,055 in 2000.

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In print

Fugate in American newspapers,
1929.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Fugate
Evening Star 1929-12-26
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Fugate
The Washington Times 1929-12-26
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Fugate
The Washington Daily News 1929-12-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,524 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fugate in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1940s.

238 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fugate. The most, 101, date from the 1870s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 119
South Australia 88
New South Wales 15
Queensland 7
Tasmania 5
Western Australia 3

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

Who carried it

People named Fugate,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas B. Fugate
    Thomas B. Fugate 1899–1980 · politician
  • Henley Fugate 1843–1913
  • William C. Fugate 1931–2011 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fugate,
in the records of 2 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 States424 records

424 records of the Fugate name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 314
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 94
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Leonard Fugate

    Born 1930; from Alcona County, Michigan. U.S. Army, field wireman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    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 Corbett Fugate

    Born 1923 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Thomas Newport; welder. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1996, buried at Sunset Cemetery, Vanceburg, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Gregory Allen Fugate

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1950, died 1991; buried at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

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

Showing 3 of 424 records for Fugate 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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: 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Fugate name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Fugate

    Sailed from Victoria in 1863 aboard the Edina, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 4 records for Fugate in Australia.

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).

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