The Fuqua surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,312 people carried this name — #4,274 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 8,031 in 2000.

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In print

Fuqua in American newspapers,
1911–1929.

Newspaper page from The Evening Times carrying the name Fuqua
The Evening Times 1911-03-07
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Fuqua
The Topeka State Journal 1911-03-03
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Fuqua
South Bend News-times 1929-11-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,213 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Fuqua,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry L. Fuqua
    Henry L. Fuqua 1865–1926 · businessperson
  • Stephen Ogden Fuqua
    Stephen Ogden Fuqua 1874–1943 · military personnel
  • Samuel G. Fuqua
    Samuel G. Fuqua 1899–1987 · military officer
  • J. B. Fuqua
    J. B. Fuqua 1918–2006 · politician
  • Ivan Fuqua 1909–1994 · athletics competitor
  • Gwen Gordy Fuqua 1927–1999 · composer

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 Fuqua,
in the records of the United States.

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 States449 records

449 records of the Fuqua name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 317
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 113
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harry Ivan Fuqua

    Born 1947; from Leavenworth, Kansas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    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 Lofton P. Fuqua

    Born 1921 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Jackson, Mississippi; auto plant worker from Gibson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Milan, Tennessee.

    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 Lamonte Fuqua

    U.S. Army veteran of the Gulf War. Born 1962, died 1991; buried at New Albany National Cemetery, Indiana.

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

Showing 3 of 449 records for Fuqua 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

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